PSYCHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE TIME PERSPECTIVE INVENTORY (ZTPI) IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract Psychological studies have shown in the last decades that Time Perspective has a conscious and voluntary effect on human behavior in the present time, therefore, it is considered an important variable to understand them. Thus, we envision paths for research in the psychoeducational field, therefore, taking a degree represents the search for a future goal and involves behaviors that are organized from the integration of two different times, past, present and future. The objective of this study was to search for evidence of the validity of the internal structure of two items of a Temporal Perspective Inventory by Zimbardo and Boyd (2014), since the authors sought in their model a multidimensional measure of temporal orientation. 676 university students from different courses and different graduation periods will participate in this study. Descriptive statistical analysis (means, standard deviation and percentage), comparative, correlational and inferential (confirmatory factorial analysis) were performed. The results of the AFC corroborate in part with the structural model proposed by the authors, thus confirming four of the five temporal dimensions: Negative Past, Hedonistic Present, Fatalistic Present and Future Tempo. The positive Passed dimension was not confirmed with the sample of the present research, or that indicates the need for new studies as the model in the Brazilian sample, thus aiming to expand the psychometric evidence of the instrument in Higher Education.