The predictive value of the future time perspective in the psychological flow of a sample for faculty members

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mental health department .faculity of education. sohag university

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The present study aimed to identify the predictive value of the dimensions of temporal orientation in psychological flow among a sample of the faculty members at Sohag University, numbering 109, ranging in age from (35-47) years old who holds a doctorate degree from Sohag University, and the measures of temporal orientation and psychological flow were applied. It was prepared by the researcher, and it was applied in the first semester of the academic year 2020, and the results of the study indicated that the level of psychological flow of the research sample was average and that after orientation towards the past came in third place, then heading towards the present in second place and orientation towards the future in the first place And there is a predictive value for the two dimensions of the orientation towards the present and the future of psychological flow through the regression coefficient, which represents respectively (-0.538) and (0.911) statistically indicative, and this result indicates that the present and future dimensions are suitable for use as predictors of psychological flow, and there are no statistically significant differences Among the averages of the study sample's scores on the psychological flow scale attributable to years of teaching experience.

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