The Role of Mindfulness and Life Expectancy in Predicting Dimensions of Time Perspective in Students

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of mindfulness and life expectancy in predicting dimensions of time perspective in students.

The research method is descriptive-correlational and its statistical population is all students of Mohaghegh Ardebil University. 384 of them were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Then they responded to Zimbardo's time perspective, Schneider's hope, and Brown and Ryan's mindfulness. Data were analyzed using multiple regression and Pearson correlation tests.

Life expectancy is a part of the variance of the time perspective presenthedonisticand negative Past; and mindfulness significantly explaines some of the variance of the negative Past present-fatalist. Mindfulness and life expectancy also partly explain the variance of the future perspective.

The results indicated that mindfulness and life expectancy can predict students' perspective. Therefore, teaching time perspective among students in different fields seems essential.