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Time Perspective Inventory

How do you perceive and interact with time?

The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) assesses how you view and relate to the past, present, and future across five perspectives:

Past-Negative: focus on negative past experiences
Present-Hedonistic: seek present pleasures with little concern for future consequences
Future: plan for and strive to meet future goals
Past-Positive: reflect nostalgically and positively on your past
Present-Fatalistic: feel powerless about the future and resigned to fate

Note: This is not a diagnostic tool but helps understand how your time perspective influences decision-making and well-being.

Read each statement and indicate how characteristic it is of you, from Very Untrue to Very True.

I believe that getting together with one's friends to party is one of life's important pleasures.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Familiar childhood sights, sounds, smells often bring back a flood of wonderful memories.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Fate determines much in my life.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I often think of what I should have done differently in my life.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

My decisions are mostly influenced by people and things around me.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I believe that a person's day should be planned ahead each morning.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It gives me pleasure to think about my past.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I do things impulsively.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

If things don't get done on time, I don't worry about it.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

When I want to achieve something, I set goals and consider specific means for reaching those goals.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

On balance, there is much more good to recall than bad in my past.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

When listening to my favorite music, I often lose all track of time.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Meeting tomorrow's deadlines and doing other necessary work comes before tonight's play.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Since whatever will be will be, it doesn't really matter what I do.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I enjoy stories about how things used to be in the "good old times."*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Painful past experiences keep being replayed in my mind.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I try to live my life as fully as possible, one day at a time.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It upsets me to be late for appointments.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Ideally, I would live each day as if it were my last.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Happy memories of good times spring readily to mind.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I meet my obligations to friends and authorities on time.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I've taken my share of abuse and rejection in the past.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I make decisions on the spur of the moment.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I take each day as it is rather than try to plan it out.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

The past has too many unpleasant memories that I prefer not to think about.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It is important to put excitement in my life.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I've made mistakes in the past that I wish I could undo.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I feel that it's more important to enjoy what you're doing than to get work done on time.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I get nostalgic about my childhood.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Before making a decision, I weigh the costs against the benefits.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Taking risks keeps my life from becoming boring.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It is more important for me to enjoy life's journey than to focus only on the destination.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Things rarely work out as I expected.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It's hard for me to forget unpleasant images of my youth.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It takes joy out of the process and flow of my activities, if I have to think about goals, outcomes, and products.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Even when I am enjoying the present, I am drawn back to comparisons with similar past experiences.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

You can't really plan for the future because things change so much.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

My life path is controlled by forces I cannot influence.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

It doesn't make sense to worry about the future, since there is nothing that I can do about it anyway.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I complete projects on time by making steady progress.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I find myself tuning out when family members talk about the way things used to be.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I take risks to put excitement in my life.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I make lists of things to do.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I often follow my heart more than my head.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I am able to resist temptations when I know that there is work to be done.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I find myself getting swept up in the excitement of the moment.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Life today is too complicated; I would prefer the simpler life of the past.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I prefer friends who are spontaneous rather than predictable.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I like family rituals and traditions that are regularly repeated.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I think about the bad things that have happened to me in the past.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I keep working at difficult, uninteresting tasks if they will help me get ahead.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Spending what I earn on pleasures today is better than saving for tomorrow's security.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

Often luck pays off better than hard work.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I think about the good things that I have missed out on in my life.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

I like my close relationships to be passionate.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

There will always be time to catch up on my work.*

Very Untrue

Untrue

Neutral

True

Very True

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