Time Management Disposition Research Articles

Predictors of media multitasking in Chinese adolescents.

We examined predictors of media multitasking in Chinese adolescents from 3 contexts: characteristics of the media user, types of media use and family media contexts. Three hundred and twenty adolescents, 11-18 years of age, completed questionnaires to measure media use, impulsivity, sensation seeking, time management disposition and family media environment. The results showed that media multitasking was positively correlated with age and total media use time. Participants with high levels of impulsivity and sensation seeking reported more multitasking behaviour. Multitasking was negatively correlated with time management. Children from media-oriented families often engage in more multitasking. What's more, social networking sites use and music use can mediate the effect of individual and family factors on media multitasking.

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.

The relationship between professional commitment, time management disposition and learning burnout of the rural medical orientation undergraduate students

Objective To investigate the rural medical orientation undergraduate student's professional commitment, time management disposition and learning burnout and the relationship between them. Methods Use the college students' learning Burnout scale, adolescence time management disposition Questionnaire and College Students' professional commitment scale, survey of Xinxiang Medical University grade 2010 ~2012, 739 valid questionnaires, the questionnaire has 92.61% efficiency. Results Three scores were normally distribution. Learning burnout was the medium level, the average score of each entry was 2.88±0.45, and moderate and above level learning burnout ratio was 45.06%. The average score of time management disposition was3.45±0.43. Professional commitment level was higher, the average score was 3.82±0.43 for each item. Affective commitment, ideal commitment, the sense of time efficacy and the sense of time control have entered on the learning burnout of the stepwise regression equation, and four variables together explained 44.0% of the variance in the dependent variable. Time management disposition, the professional commitment and learning burnout were negatively correlated, but between time management disposition and professional commitment is positively related, professional commitment, the variance explained by variables of learning burnout was 30.12%. Conclusion The rural medical orientation of undergraduate students time management disposition are important factors of learning burnout, which has the forecast function to the learning burnout. Professional commitment is part of the intermediary variables. Key words: The rural medical orientation of undergraduate students; Learning burnout; Time management disposition; Professional commitment

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 mindfulness and time management tendency in nurses of rheumatology department

Objective To explore the relationship between mindfulness and time management tendency in nurses of rheumatology department , so as to provide reference for nurse managers to improve nurses ’ management of time .Methods A total of 353 nurses in rheumatology department from 15 hospitals were chosen by cluster sampling , and mindfulness scale and time management tendency scale were used for investigation . SPSS 16 .0 was used for data analysis .Descriptive analysis was used for mindfulness level and time management tendency and indicated by mean ±177;standard deviation（x-±177;s）, and Pearson as well as linear -regression analysis was used for the relationship between variables .Results A total of 353 questionnaires were handed out and 327 were recovered, with the rate of 92.63%.The score of mindfulness and time management tendency was respectively （3.18 ±177;0.37） and （3.36 ±177;0.51）, and they were positively related （P＜0.05）.To take five dimensions of mindfulness as the independent variable and time management tendency as the dependent variable, three dimensions including mindfulness observation , description and awareness could predict 39.8%amount of variables of time management tendency .Conclusions The mindfulness and time management tendency of nurses in rheumatology department are in the medium level.Mindfulness can effectively predict nurses’ time management tendency, and nurse managers should further train nurses ’ mindfulness to improve their time management tendency. Key words: Nurse; Mindfulness; Time management tendency; Rheumatology department

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.