Testing Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory in a Brazilian Sample

Abstract

“Man measures time and time measures man” Italian proverb Any human activity is embodied in temporal aspects. In fact, the distinction between humans and other animals seems to rely on our ability to travel mentally in time (Suddendorf & Corballis, 1997), and this ability is even argued to constitute the forth dimension (Suddendorf, 1994). Fraisse (1963) argues, for instance, that “[h]uman equilibrium is too precarious to do without fixed positions in space and regular cues in time ” (p. 290). A time orientation (i.e., long-