Time Management Disposition Scale Research Articles

The prospective associations among time management tendency, negative emotions, and problematic smartphone use in Chinese nursing students: enlightenment from COVID-19.

The regularity of epidemic prevention and control measures in China has meant that nursing students have been exposed to more electronic devices, while problematic smartphone use has increased. The purpose of this study is to determine the prospective associations among time management tendency, negative emotions, and problematic smartphone use in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal study was conducted between November 2021 and May 2022. A total of 989 nursing students participated. The convenience sampling method was adopted and the following tools were used: the Adolescence Time Management Disposition Scale, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales - 21, and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index. Multiple parallel mediation models were used by Mplus. Time management tendency had a significantly negative effect on problematic smartphone use (p < 0.05). Further tests using mediation models showed that stress as a negative emotion mediated the relationship between time management tendency and problematic smartphone use (p < 0.05) over time. Nursing educators need to strengthen the stress resistance and time management ability of nursing students.

The Mediating Roles of Time Management and Learning Strategic Approach in the Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction and Academic Procrastination.

PurposeSmartphone is an indispensable everyday tool for college students, while excessive usage of smartphones may lead to negative outcomes, such as academic procrastination. Previous research has suggested that smartphone addiction is a predisposing factor for procrastination. To further understand the above relationship, structural equation model analysis was used to examine the mediating effects of time management and learning strategic approach in the association with smartphone addiction and academic procrastination.Materials and MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2021. A total of 1129 college students aged 18 to 22 participated in the present study was adopted the cluster random sampling method and the following tools were used: the Mobile Phone Addiction Index Scale, Time Management Disposition Scale, Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory, and Aitken Procrastination Scale.ResultsResults indicated that smartphone addiction is positively linked to academic procrastination, while negatively linked to time management and learning strategic approach. Both time management and learning strategic approach were negatively linked to academic procrastination. Additionally, the results showed that time management and learning strategic approach serve sequential mediating roles in the association with smartphone addiction and academic procrastination among Chinese college students after controlling for age and sex (RMSEA = 0.045, SRMR = 0.035, TLI = 0.993, CFI = 0.979).ConclusionTime management and learning strategic approach serve sequential mediating roles in the association with smartphone addiction and academic procrastination among Chinese college students. Therefore, intervention management that focusing on improving time management as well as strengthening learning strategic approach may be useful for reducing academic procrastination among college students.

"Time is My Own Treasure": Parental Autonomy Support and Academic Procrastination Among Chinese Adolescents.

PurposePrevious studies have shown that academic procrastination not only affects middle school students’ academic performance but also causes them physical and psychological stress, as well as negative emotions. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the influencing factors of academic procrastination and its internal mechanisms. This study aims to explore the relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and academic procrastination, as well as the role of autonomous motivation and time management disposition.Participants and MethodsCross-sectional data from 662 middle school students were collected using the Parental Autonomy Support Scale, Academic Procrastination Inventory for Middle School Students, Academic Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Adolescence Time Management Disposition Scale. SPSS and its PROCESS macro were used for data analysis.ResultsAfter gender and age were controlled, the results showed that perceived parental autonomy support could not only directly predict middle school students’ academic procrastination but also predict three paths of procrastination: (1) the mediating role of autonomous motivation, (2) the mediating role of time management disposition, and (3) the chain mediating role of autonomous motivation and time management disposition.ConclusionAutonomous motivation and time management disposition played a chain mediating role in the relationship between perceived parental autonomy support and academic procrastination in middle school students.

Investigation on time management disposition and social support of pediatric nurses in Jiangsu Province

Objective To investigate the status of time management disposition and explore the relationship between time management disposition and social support of pediatric nurses in three ClassⅢchildren's hospitals in Jiangsu Province. Methods The nurses from three ClassⅢ children's hospitals in Jiangsu Province were recruited as the research subjects from September to November 2017 by cluster sampling method. A General Situation Questionnaire, the Time Management Disposition Scale and the Social Support Rating Scale were applied in the investigation. A total of 700 questionnaires were distributed and 570 questionnaires were effectively recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 81.43%. Results The score of time management disposition of the 570 pediatric nurses in Class Ⅲ children's hospital was (14.09±1.89) , and the score of social support was (33.73±9.66) . The time management disposition was positively correlated with social support (P<0.05) . Conclusions Social support of pediatric nurses affects their time management tendency. Nursing managers should pay attention on creating a good social support system for pediatric nurses to improve their time management efficiency and help nurses put themselves into work in a positive state, so as to improve the quality of nursing. Key words: Hospital, pediatric; Nurses; Social support; Time management disposition; Correlation

时间管理倾向对大学生焦虑的影响：成就动机的调节效应

探讨时间管理倾向对大学生焦虑水平的影响，并考察成就动机在其中的调节效应。采用了青少年时间管理倾向量表、成就动机量表和焦虑水平自评量表对173名大学生施测。(1) 大学生平均焦虑水平较高，达到了轻度焦虑水平。男生的焦虑水平显著大于女生；(2) 时间管理倾向与焦虑水平存在显著的负相关关系，成就动机与焦虑水平存在显著的负相关关系；(3) 大学生的时间效能感越高，其焦虑水平越低。时间效能感能够显著预测焦虑水平；(4) 避免失败的动机在时间效能感与焦虑水平之间的调节作用显著。研究表明大学生的心理健康问题不容忽视，建议大学生在期末考试期间要调整好自己的认知、情绪，避免过度焦虑。 The purpose of this study was to discuss the influence of time management disposition about an-xiety, and to investigate the moderating effect of achievement motivation in the relationship of time management disposition and anxiety. Using self-report questionnaire to do our survey, a total of 173 undergraduates took participant in our study. Adolescence Time Management Disposition Scale was used to measure subjects’ ability of managing time. Achievement Motivation Scale was used to measure subjects’ achievement motivation. And Self-rating Anxiety Scale was used to measure subjects’ anxiety. Our results suggested that: (1) undergraduates’ anxiety was a little high, up to the level of mild anxiety. Boy’s anxiety was higher than girls; (2) there was a significant negative correlation between time management disposition and anxiety. And there was a significant negative correlation between achievement motivation and anxiety; (3) motivation of avoiding failure can moderate the influence of time management disposition about anxiety. Those findings showed the great significance of undergraduates’ mental health. It was suggested that with the approaching of final examination, undergraduates were supposed to regulate their cognition and emotion well, to avoid psychological disorder.

Media multitasking and psychological wellbeing in Chinese adolescents: Time management as a moderator

The present study examined the relationships among media multitasking, time management, and psychological wellbeing in Chinese adolescents. A total of 320 adolescents aged 11 to 18years old were recruited and asked to complete the Media Use Questionnaire, Chinese Adolescent Mental Health Inventory, and Adolescent Time Management Disposition scale. A structural equation model was used to assess possible relationships among media multitasking, time management, and psychological wellbeing. The results showed that the media multitasking index of the sample was 2.5, indicating that adolescents also had access to other 2.5 media tasks when performing the primary media task. Media multitasking was significantly negatively correlated with psychological wellbeing. Time management disposition was negatively correlated with Media multitasking and positively correlated with psychological wellbeing. Our findings indicate that time management disposition can moderate the relationship between Media multitasking and psychological wellbeing. The theoretical and practical implications of adolescent media use are discussed.

Impact of learning adaptability and time management disposition on study engagement among Chinese baccalaureate nursing students.

The aim of this study was to explore the relationships among study engagement, learning adaptability, and time management disposition in a sample of Chinese baccalaureate nursing students. A convenient sample of 467 baccalaureate nursing students was surveyed in two universities in Tianjin, China. Students completed a questionnaire that included their demographic information, Chinese Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Questionnaire, Learning Adaptability Scale, and Adolescence Time Management Disposition Scale. One-way analysis of variance tests were used to assess the relationship between certain characteristics of baccalaureate nursing students. Pearson correlation was performed to test the correlation among study engagement, learning adaptability, and time management disposition. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were performed to explore the mediating role of time management disposition. The results revealed that study engagement (F = 7.20, P < .01) and learning adaptability (F = 4.41, P < .01) differed across grade groups. Learning adaptability (r = 0.382, P < .01) and time management disposition (r = 0.741, P < .01) were positively related with study engagement. Time management disposition had a partially mediating effect on the relationship between study engagement and learning adaptability. The findings implicate that educators should not only promote interventions to increase engagement of baccalaureate nursing students but also focus on development, investment in adaptability, and time management.

Relationship between time management disposition and subjective well-being among the head nurses

Objective To determine the relationship between time management disposition and subjective well-being among the head nurses.Methods Totally 388 cases in third-grade class-A hospitals in Chengdu were investigated with Time Management Disposition Scale and Subjective Well-being Scale.Results The higher the scores in time management disposition,the higher the scores of the head nurses in subjective well-being.There was a significant positive correlation between time management disposition and subjective well-being.Among which,time efficacy feeling and time monitoring view had significant predictable effect toward subjective well-being.Conclusions Time management disposition had significant influences on subjective well-being.It indicates that we can improve subjective well-being and promote mental health of the head nurses to a certain extent through strengthening time management training to improve time management disposition level. Key words: Head nurses; Time management disposition; Subjective well-being

The difference of medical postgraduates on time management disposition

To survey the time management disposition of the medical postgraduates, the Time Management Disposition Scale were used on 774 medical postgraduates for investigation in 2009. The difference of medical postgraduate from the countryside, towns and cities on time management disposition is not significant ( P＞0.05 ) ; Students of different gender have significant difference ( P＜0.05 ). The female postgraduates cultivation on time management disposition needs to be strengthened. Key words: Medical postgraduate; Time management disposition; Differences

Investigation of the time management disposition among nursing students ZHAO Yan,ZHANG Jing-yu.

Objective To investigate the current situation of time management disposition(TMD)among nursing students in school of nursing,Peking Union Medical College and to clarify the fields about time management disposition that need to be modified and further enhanced in undergraduate nursing students,and to offer the fundamental evidence for related education in the future.Methods This was a descriptive research which using the adolescence time management disposition scale(ATMDS)developed by Huang Xiting and Zhang Zhijie.Results 210 questionnaires were sent out to investigate the students'TMD,and the effect feedback rateis97.62%.The average ATMDS total score in nursing students is(146.04±16),which belongs to the upper level.The total score and scores in the three dimensions increased from grade two to grade four.There are significant differences on time management disposition(including its three dimensions:time value,time control,and time efficacy)among students from different grades(P<0.01).Conclusions This survey offered valuable information on current time management disposition level and existed problems among nursing students.The school should provide more instructions that focus on the weak points of TMD and help the students master the skills of time management so that they could effectively accomplish the study in the school and further daily work in the hospital. Key words: Nursing students; Time management disposition; Nursing management

Initial revision of time management habit scale and its reliability and validity in college students

Objective To revise the time management habit scale and examine its reliability and validity.Methods 1042 college students were assessed with time management habit scale (TMH) and time management disposition scale(ATMD). All students were randomly split into two samples with equal size. Exploratory factor analysis(EFA) was conducted to obtain the structure of TMH with one sample and then the stability of the new structure was examined by confirmatory factor analysis(CFA) with another sample. Results EFA extracted three factors that explained 49. 577% of the whole variance. CFA analysis that the three-factor model represented the data better than the four-factor model. The Cronbach' s alphas reliability was 0.9076. The three-factor was 0.8324～0.8459. The test-retest reliability was 0.766 (P ＜ 0. 01 ). Conclusion The Cronbach' s alphas reliability, testretest reliability, content validity and construct validity of new TMH accord with psychometric demands. Key words: Time management; Scale; Reliability; Validity

Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: prevalence and psychological features

To investigate the prevalence of Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents and to explore the psychological features associated with Internet addiction. A total of 2620 high school students from four high schools in Changsha City were surveyed using Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction (YDQ), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (the edition for children, EPQ), Time Management Disposition Scale (TMDS) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The mean age of whole sample was 15.19 years (ranging from 12 years to 18 years). According to the modified YDQ criteria by Beard, 64 students who were diagnosed as Internet addiction (the mean age: 14.59 years) and 64 who were diagnosed as being normal in Internet usage (the mean age: 14.81 years) were included in a case-control study. The rate of Internet use among the surveyed adolescents was 88%, among which the incidence rate of Internet addiction was 2.4%. The Internet addiction group had significantly higher scores on the EPQ subscales of neuroticism, psychoticism, and lie than the control group (P < 0.05). The Internet addiction group scored lower than the control group on the TMDS subscales of sense of control over time, sense of value of time, and sense of time efficacy (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the Internet addiction group had also significantly higher scores on the SDQ subscales of emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, total difficulties and lower scores on the subscale of prosocial behaviours (P < 0.05). The present study suggests that Internet addiction is not rare among Chinese adolescents. In addition, adolescents with Internet addiction possess different psychological features when compared with those who use the Internet less frequently.