Temporal Focus Scale (TFS) Test
Understand whether your attention leans to the past, present, or future in about 3 minutes. In 12 items, get a clear profile to support planning, motivation, and wellbeing.
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Past (P)
Past (P)
Average
4.1
Normal range
3.2 — 4.9
min.
1
max.
7
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Present (P)
Present (P)
Average
3.3
Normal range
2.3 — 4.3
min.
1
max.
7
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Future (F)
Future (F)
Average
4.5
Normal range
3.6 — 5.5
min.
1
max.
7
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Example Questions From the Test
You will be presented with a series of statements about the way you think about the past, present, and future. Using the scale from 1 to 7, indicate how often you think or behave in the manner described.
- 1: Never
- 2
- 3: Sometimes
- 4
- 5: Often
- 6
- 7: Constantly
- 1: Never
- 2
- 3: Sometimes
- 4
- 5: Often
- 6
- 7: Constantly
- 1: Never
- 2
- 3: Sometimes
- 4
- 5: Often
- 6
- 7: Constantly
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
About This Assessment
Temporal Focus Scale (TFS) Test - Symptoms and Signs
This measure assesses the degree to which an individual’s attention is oriented toward the past, present, or future. The Temporal Focus Scale (TFS) is administered as a brief self-report inventory of 12 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete.
Respondents rate statements describing how often they think about or attend to different time frames, yielding separate indicators of past-, present-, and future-focused attention. Results are commonly used in clinical, counseling, and research contexts to characterize temporal attention patterns that may be relevant to decision-making, affect, and behavior. The Temporal Focus Scale (TFS) was originally developed by Shipp, Edwards, and Lambert.
Author: John N. Boyd, Philip G. Zimbardo
Literature: Zimbardo, P. G., & Boyd, J. N. Putting time in perspective: A valid, reliable individual-differences metric. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1999.; Shipp, A. J., Edwards, J. R., & Lambert, L. S. Conceptualization and measurement of temporal focus: The subjective experience of the past, present, and future. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 2009.
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