A parent’s time orientation can significantly influence their parental distress and parenting practices, study suggests

New research provides evidence that a parent’s focus on different time frames is associated with important parenting behaviors and experiences. The study, published in Personality and Individual Differences, indicates that those who are more focused on the present tend to experience greater parental distress and exhibit more negative parenting behaviors compared to those who are more focused on the future. The authors of the new study sought to explore the concept of future orientation, which refers to how much importance individuals place on the potential long-term consequences of their behav...