Time orientation influences people’s perception and evaluation of a situation. Satisfaction in the present life and the future life is likely to be affected by one’s time orientation. Using samples of 1829 middle-aged Americans, this study examined the association between individuals’ time orientation and satisfaction with life in general as well as with their financial situation. In this study, we created the future-to-current ratio to assess a person’s relative time orientation tendency between future time orientation and present time orientation. The results indicated that respondents with a higher tendency of holding future time orientation exhibited greater life satisfaction and financial satisfaction of the present. A higher tendency of holding future time orientation also predicted a higher life satisfaction and financial satisfaction of the future. The findings of the study emphasize having a future time orientation is important with regard to well-being.

时间取向影响人们对情境的感知和评价。对现在生活和未来生活的满意度很可能会受到一个人的时间取向的影响。本研究使用 1829 名中年美国人的样本，检验了个人时间取向与总体生活满意度以及财务状况之间的关联。在这项研究中，我们创建了未来与当前的比率来评估一个人在未来时间取向和现在时间取向之间的相对时间取向趋势。结果表明，持有未来时间取向倾向较高的受访者表现出更高的当前生活满意度和财务满意度。持有未来时间取向的更高趋势也预示着未来更高的生活满意度和财务满意度。研究结果强调，未来的时间取向对于幸福感很重要。