Perspectiva Temporal Futura como predictor de conductas de autocuidado y salud mental

• Autores: Ayala Burboa, Moisés Omar, Barrera Hernández, Laura Fernanda, García Flores, Raquel, Sotelo Castillo, Mirsha Alicia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/205270
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/29478/28329; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14657/205270; https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202601.012
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Temporal perspective; Future; Self-care; Mental health; Students; Perspectiva temporal; Futuro; Autocuidado; Salud mental; Estudiantes; Saúde mental; Estudantes; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.00

This study sought to determine the relationships between Future Time Perspective, Self-Care Behaviors, and Mental Health, and to compare the results based on the adolescents’ sex. A total of 181 adolescents participated and answered three questionnaires measuring each of the variables involved. The results of the structural model suggest that Future Time Perspective influences self-care behaviors, which impact mental health. Significant correlations were found between Future Time Perspective and self-care behaviors (r = 0.47, p < 0.001) and mental health problems (r = -0.20, p < 0.001), as well as differences based on the adolescents’ sex in self-care behaviors (t = 2.09, p < 0.05). The findings of this study contribute to the literature on mental health in adolescents with theoretical and practical implications, establishing an empirical model that links future time perspective with self-care behaviors and mental health, confirming that future time perspective is not only related to mental health, but is also a predictor variable that influences health through self-care behaviors, and also reinforces the role of self-care behaviors as a relevant variable for the design of preventive programs aimed at improving adolescent mental health.