Human development approaches to time perspective that are life-span and include multiple developmental periods are largely lacking in the literature even though the topic has received wide attention from many scholars. Extant studies have focused on specific age groups or have compared younger and older adults. This introduction addresses these issues and provides on overview of the multidimensional, developmental, and modifiable qualities of time perspective. The four contributions focus on distinct age groups including adolescents, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. The papers comprised several conceptualizations of time perspective, diverse participants, and age-specific outcomes. Collectively, this work sets the stage for the next era of age-related research on time perspective.

尽管这个话题已受到许多学者的广泛关注，但在文献中仍大大缺乏以人类发展为视角的，涉及生命的，包括多个发展时期的方法。现有的研究集中在特定年龄组，或者比较了年轻人和老年人。本简介解决了这些问题，并提供了时间角度的多维，发展和可修改的质量的概述。这四个贡献集中于不同的年龄段，包括青少年，年轻人，中年成年人和老年人。这些论文包括时间观点，不同参与者和特定年龄结局的几种概念化。总的来说，这项工作为下一个与时间有关的年龄相关研究的时代奠定了基础。