The Relation between Commitment and a Balanced Time Orientation in Adulthood: Differences between and within Individuals

Figures & data

Table 1. Between-individual correlation between a balanced time orientation and commitments, for each year of measurement.

Age	r	Age	r	Age	r
20	0.07	27	0.04	34	0.18
21	0.24	28	0.02	35	−0.01
22	0.07	29	0.27	36	0.18
23	0.12	30	0.27	37	0.05
24	0.26	31	0.25	38	0.02
25	0.09	32	0.15	39	0.15
26	0.27	33	-0.07	40	0.27

Average inter-individual correlation = 0.13.

Table 2. Individual correlations between a balanced time orientation and commitments.

Correlations per participant
−0.76 ***	−0.32	−0.16	−0.05	0	0.13
−0.62 **	−0.31	−0.13	−0.04	0.02	0.18
−0.55 **	−0.31	−0.11	−0.04	0.02	0.21
−0.42	−0.31	−0.1	−0.01	0.05	0.23
−0.42	−0.23	−0.09	0	0.1	0.27
−0.41	−0.21	−0.08	0	0.1	0.31
−0.37	−0.18	−0.08	0	0.1	0.31
−0.36	−0.18	−0.06	0	0.12	0.37

Average intra-individual correlation −0.09

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

Table 3. Absolute between and within-individual correlations between a balanced time orientation and commitments in both age ranges.

	Age 20-24	Age 25-40	p-value	t	df
Within	0.48	0.24	<.00	5.590	35
Between	0.15	0.13	.29	0.497	7.171