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152 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,049 Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The study identifies a gap in understanding the consequences of digital usage on time perception. Prior research has focused on the psychological impacts of digital media, but the study aims to explore the relationships among Immersion in Digital Life, Quality of Digital Experiences, individual Temporal Focus, and subjective Passage of Time.

    The vanishing hours: Future temporal focus and the passage of time in the digital era · 2026 · DOI

  • The literature has paid limited attention to how young people relate to their climate-related future. There is a lack of understanding of the factors that influence young people's environmental decision-making. The study highlights the need to investigate the relationship between dispositional optimism, consideration of future consequences, and generativity, and their impact on ecological attitudes.

    Can Young People’s Future Time Experience be a Catalyst for Their Ecological Attitudes ? Analysis of the Effect of Dispositional Optimism, Consideration of Future Consequences and Generativity · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigate the longitudinal processes underlying the association between family functioning and psychological well-being in different cultural contexts. Examine the role of other potential mediators in the association between family functioning and psychological well-being.

    Family functioning and psychological well-being in Chinese early adolescents: a three-wave study of future-oriented coping and gender differences · 2026 · DOI

  • The longitudinal processes underlying the association between family functioning and psychological well-being are not well understood. There is a lack of research on the role of future-oriented coping in this association. The current study aims to address this gap by examining the mediation effect of future-oriented coping.

    Family functioning and psychological well-being in Chinese early adolescents: a three-wave study of future-oriented coping and gender differences · 2026 · DOI

  • To establish the temporal ordering and causal status of the pathways. To identify psychological resources that may support teachers' occupational sustainability.

    Stress Mindset and Psychological Distress in Primary and Secondary School Teachers: The Serial Mediating Role of Future Control and Burnout · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of evidence on the stress-is-enhancing mindset among teachers. The study aims to fill this gap by examining the associations among the stress-is-enhancing mindset, future control, burnout, and psychological distress.

    Stress Mindset and Psychological Distress in Primary and Secondary School Teachers: The Serial Mediating Role of Future Control and Burnout · 2026 · DOI

  • There is an urgent need for a common definition of the eco-anxiety construct that can be operationalised and measured in a single and globally recognized way - The link between eco-anxiety and emotion regulation should be analysed in the clinical setting

    Psychological impact of climate change emergency: an attempt to define eco-anxiety · 2024 · DOI

  • There is no common definition of eco-anxiety. There are various measurement scales for eco-anxiety, but they may not capture the full scope of the concept. The relationship between eco-anxiety and mental health is not fully understood.

    Psychological impact of climate change emergency: an attempt to define eco-anxiety · 2024 · DOI

  • While much about the factors that influence financial behavior is known from cross‐sectional and panel studies of mixed samples of younger and older individuals, relatively few studies have focused on young adults and even fewer have applied a longitudinal design.

    Time Will Tell—A Longitudinal Study of Consideration of Future Consequences and Financial Behavior in Young Adults · 2026 · DOI

  • Future time perspective, academic delay of gratification, and learning engagement are intimately interconnected, but few studies have reported their respective levels and relationships among nursing students.

    The mediating effect of academic delay of gratification on the relationship between future time perspective and learning engagement among nursing students: A multi-center cross-sectional study · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite extensive research on TP and ER, their joint impact, particularly in the context of depression and anxiety, and cultural differences remain underexplored.

    Deviation from the balanced time perspective and depression and anxiety symptoms: the mediating roles of cognitive-behavioral emotion regulation in a cross-cultural model · 2025 · DOI

  • (1) The formation pathways and underlying mechanisms of health behaviors among young and middle-aged adults with chronic diseases under a temporal perspective remain underexplored.

    Time Perspective and Health Behaviors in Chronic Disease Patients: A Chain Mediation Model of Illness Perception via Temporal Self-Regulation Theory · 2025 · DOI

  • Abstract Previous studies have reported low self-esteem contributes to depressive symptoms among adolescents, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

    The effect of self-esteem on depressive symptoms among adolescents: the mediating roles of hope and anxiety · 2024 · DOI

  • The study identifies the challenge of addressing long-term challenges such as climate change, pandemic preparedness, and existential risk. The study also identifies the challenge of understanding what sustains and supports the moral orientation of feeling a strong sense of responsibility toward future generations. The study notes the challenge of individual differences in intergenerational discounting.

    A One-Year Longitudinal Investigation of the Association between Self and Other-Oriented Future Concern · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could examine the causal relationships between self-and other-oriented future thinking. Future research could also examine the implications of the study's findings for addressing long-term challenges such as climate change, pandemic preparedness, and existential risk.

    A One-Year Longitudinal Investigation of the Association between Self and Other-Oriented Future Concern · 2026 · DOI

  • The challenge of understanding how young people envision their future lives in different cultural contexts. The challenge of developing programs and policies that support the mental health and well-being of young people.

    Exploring Visions of Individual Futures: A Study on Polish and Malaysian Academic Youths · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding how young people in different cultural contexts envision their future lives. The study highlights the need to explore the aspirations, concerns, and strategies of young people in Poland and Malaysia.

    Exploring Visions of Individual Futures: A Study on Polish and Malaysian Academic Youths · 2026 · DOI

  • The factors influencing emotion regulation choice are numerous and need to be classified systematically. There is a lack of understanding of how different factors interact to influence emotion regulation choice.

    Classification of Influencing Factors and Mechanisms Underlying Emotion Regulation Choice · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the research on the relationship between planning horizon and subjective well-being under wartime conditions. The paper highlights the need to examine the impact of other variables on this relationship.

    Planning horizon of Ukrainians and its relation to subjective well-being · 2026 · DOI

  • Bloomsbury Publishing) and Sánchez-Mira and Bernardi (2021, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 12 (1), 19–40) about the importance of integrating both linear and fluid perceptions of temporality in life course research, we argue that a purely linear perspective on time is insufficient for capturing the complexity of decision-making processes and their underlying motives.

    (Non-)Linear Temporality and the Migration Decision from a Life Course Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • Understanding the complex network structure of the environment and its influence on delay discounting. Identifying effective interventions aimed at reducing delay discounting. Addressing the limitations of the current study, such as the lack of longitudinal data.

    Household Adversity, Day to Day Experiences, and Birth/Pregnancy Complications are Associated with Delay Discounting: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Less is known about environmental antecedents that may be associated with delay discounting tendencies during adolescence. There is a need to understand the associations between exposome factors and delay discounting in adolescents.

    Household Adversity, Day to Day Experiences, and Birth/Pregnancy Complications are Associated with Delay Discounting: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should aim to develop interventions to reduce Future Anxiety. Future research should aim to explore the factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the Dark Future Scale in other cultures.

    Dark Future Scale adaptation and factor structure in Uruguay · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the Dark Future Scale in Uruguay. There is a need for a culturally adapted version of the Dark Future Scale in Uruguay.

    Dark Future Scale adaptation and factor structure in Uruguay · 2026 · DOI

  • The study faced challenges in recruiting a diverse sample of participants. The study had to balance the need for frequent assessments with the potential burden on participants. The study had to account for the potential impact of social context on the relationship between self-appraisal and reflected appraisal.

    Identity in interaction: momentary dynamics of self-appraisal and reflected appraisal · 2026 · DOI

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