Cross-temporal changes of college students' time management disposition in the mainland of China during 1999~2020
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis
Abstract: The socio-ecological modle highlighted the important role of diachronic systems and macrosystems in the mental health of the yonth.But indirect evidence suggested that there was no clear trend in the time management disposition of Chinese college students.Moreover, existing research focuses on the impact of individual factors and micro systems on the time management disposition of college students.No research from the macro-perspectives has been made.This research, therefore, adopted the cross-temporal meta-analysis method to analyze 215 papers (N = 103876) from 1999 to 2020, which adopted the Adolescence Time Management Disposition Inventory (ATMDI).Our results showed that: ( 1) The time management disposition of Chinese college students has declined steadily in the past 22 years, among which the sense of time value stayed stable while the sense of time control and the sense of time efficacy were on the decline; (2) Seven social indicators, namely socioeconomic factors (GDP, household consumption level and urbanization rate), employment factors (the number of college graduates and registered urban unemployment rate) and Internet factors (Internet availability and weekly Internet using hours of netizens), significantly predicted the decline in the time management disposition of college students; (3) There were no significant gender and regional differences in the time management disposition of college students in China.The research pioneered to verify the declining trend in the time management disposition of college students from the mainland of China, and came up with the influencing mechanism model on the time management disposition of college students, which includes the social macro factors.
Authors: Bizhong CHEN, Xiaojun SUN
Institution: Central China Normal University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4286542167