Future time perspective and self-efficacy: A mediation analysis (psychological hardiness, hope, and vitality) in Mexico and the U.S.A.

Authors

  • Daniel Arturo Cernas Ortiz Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca de Lerdo, México. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7325-1968
  • Patricia Mercado Salgado Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca de Lerdo, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30849/ripijp.v54i3.1037

Keywords:

Autoeficacia, perspectiva de tiempo, diferencias culturales, dureza psicológica, esperanza

Abstract

This study´s objective was to analyze the mediating effects of hardiness, hope, and vitality in the relationship between future time perspective and self-efficacy in the work context. We also analyzed whether such mediation effects vary between Mexico and the U.S. A total of 583 MBA students were surveyed in both countries. The PROCESS (Hayes, 2013) command in SPSS® (20) was employed to analyze the data. The results suggest that (in order of mediating power) hope, hardiness, and vitality transmit almost all the future time perspective´ effects to self-efficacy and that such mediating effects are invariant between the analyzed countries.

Author Biographies

Daniel Arturo Cernas Ortiz, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca de Lerdo, México.

Research faculty in Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Patricia Mercado Salgado, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca de Lerdo, México.

Research faculty in Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

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Cernas Ortiz, D. A., & Mercado Salgado, P. (2020). Future time perspective and self-efficacy: A mediation analysis (psychological hardiness, hope, and vitality) in Mexico and the U.S.A. Revista Interamericana De Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 54(3), e1037. https://doi.org/10.30849/ripijp.v54i3.1037

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