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Subjective Time Perception Predicts Delay of Gratification

Corvi, Andrea P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1291765358

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2010, Master of Fine Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
This study investigated the relationship between time perception and impulsivity using a healthy, undergraduate population. The 79 participants were Introductory Psychology students at a Midwestern University. Data were collected on internal clock speed (ICS), behavioral impulsivity, intelligence, and several personality measures. As expected, ICS predicted behavioral impulsivity beyond known predictors of impulsivity (R²=.073, B= -11.05, p=.022). When using multiple regression analyses, ICS and known predictors accounted for 24.9% (F[4,61]=4.72, p=.002) of the variance. However, unexpectedly, participants who had slower ICS were more impulsive than participants who had faster ICS (r=-.311, p=.014). A predictive model combining ICS error and known predictors accounted for 26.5% (F[4,61]=5.14, p=.001) of the variance in behavioral impulsivity. As anticipated, participants who had more error in ICS were more impulsive than participants who had less error (r=.428, p=.001). Results are discussed in terms of current theory relating ICS and impulsivity, and a new theoretical framework is advanced.
Heath Demaree (Advisor)
Douglas Detterman (Committee Member)
Lee Thompson (Committee Member)
44 p.
Psychology
time perception; internal clock speed; impulsivity; delay of gratification

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  • Corvi, A. P. (2010). Subjective Time Perception Predicts Delay of Gratification [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1291765358

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Corvi, Andrea. Subjective Time Perception Predicts Delay of Gratification. 2010. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1291765358.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Corvi, Andrea. "Subjective Time Perception Predicts Delay of Gratification." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1291765358

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