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Time Attitude Profiles and Health-Related Behaviors: Validation of a Spanish Version of the Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory–Time Attitudes (AATI-TA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2020

Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría Open the ORCID record for Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría [Opens in a new window] ,
Lucía Álvarez-Núñez Open the ORCID record for Lucía Álvarez-Núñez [Opens in a new window] ,
Zena Mello Open the ORCID record for Zena Mello [Opens in a new window]  and
Frank C. Worrell Open the ORCID record for Frank C. Worrell [Opens in a new window]
Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría*
Affiliation:
Universidad de la República Uruguay (Uruguay)
Lucía Álvarez-Núñez
Affiliation:
Universidad de la República Uruguay (Uruguay)
Zena Mello
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University (USA)
Frank C. Worrell
Affiliation:
University of California Berkeley (USA)
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría. Universidad de la República Uruguay. Facultad de Psicología. Instituto de Fundamentos y Métodos en Psicología. Tristán Narvaja, 1674. Montevideo (Uruguay). E-mail: avasquez@psico.edu.uy.
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Abstract

Temporal psychology constructs are an individual difference variable related to behavioral outcomes. Recent research has shown that there are different time attitude profiles based on different configurations of the six Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory-Time Attitude (AATI-TA) subscales. The objective of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of AATI-TA scores in Uruguay and determine the existence of temporal profiles in this context. Participants were a convenience sample of 446 (36.5% males) adults in Uruguay with a mean age of 34.53 years (SD = 13.17, range 18–75 years). Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the AATI-TA, and questionnaires on intentions, behaviors, and attitudes towards healthy food consumption and physical activity. AATI-TA scores had good reliabilities (> .70). The six-factor solution was supported and invariance by gender and age group was established. We identified five profiles – Resilients, High Positives, Negatives, Present Negatives, and Moderate Positives – which were associated differently with healthy food consumption patterns. Negative profiles were related to higher levels of unhealthy food consumption.

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adultshealth-related behaviorslatent profile analysistime attitudestime perspective
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 23 , 2020 , e51
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© Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2020

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Funding Statement: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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