Ricerc@Sapienza

The present study examined the predictive role played by the three time perspective’s
dimensions (Present-Hedonistic, Present-Fatalistic and Future) on the satisfaction
with life and the mediational role of hope in adolescence, using cross-sectional data.
Participants were 675 adolescents (333 males and 342 females), with a mean age of
17.4 years (SD = .84). Adolescents lived in Rome and its surroundings regions and
attended the 3th or the 4th year of high school. A structural equation modeling was used.

Objective: Preliminary findings suggest that different kinds of meditation could work on diverse cognitive and psychological processes. The present study aimed at disentangling the effects of three mindfulness techniques on mental rumination and subjective time perspective. Design: 75 young healthy participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: mindful breathing, body scan, observing-thoughts meditation and an active control condition.