A study of the relationship between temporal orientation and academic achievement of imporsoned first offenders

Purpose: Purpose The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine possible differences in temporal orientation scores obtained by imprisoned first offender students categorized as high or low academic achievers enrolled in the Windham School District's Academic Program at the Texas Department of Corrections; (2) to determine if high academic achievers obtain a significantly different temporal orientation from low academic achievers as indicated by the bulk of such previous research; (3) to determine if two instruments - the Revised Time Competence Scale and the Revised Selected Subscales - correlate as measures of temporal orientation.