HomeJournal of Individual DifferencesVol. 38, No. 2 Previous article Next article Original ArticleIs Maximizing a Bad Thing?Linking Maximizing Tendency to Positive Outcomes Through Future-Oriented ThinkingXiaoyuan (Susan) Zhu, Dev K. Dalal, and Timothy HwangXiaoyuan (Susan) Zhu Department of Psychological Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA Search for more papers by this author, Dev K. Dalal Department of Psychology, University at Albany, The State University of New York, USA Search for more papers by this author, and Timothy Hwang Department of Psychological Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:May 24, 2017https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000226PDFView Full TextSupplemental MaterialAbstract ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations Cite ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditE-Mail SectionsMoreSupplemental Material1614-0001_a000226_esm1.pdf (42 KB)1614-0001_a000226_esm2.txt (36 KB)FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 38Issue 2April 2017ISSN: 1614-0001eISSN: 2151-2299 HistoryReceivedFebruary 10, 2016RevisedSeptember 29, 2016AcceptedOctober 9, 2016Published onlineMay 24, 2017 Licenses & Copyright© 2017Hogrefe PublishingKeywordsmaximizingconsideration for future consequencestemporal discountinggenerativity concernslifetime savingsAcknowledgments:The authors would like to thank Andrea Patalano for her helpful comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript, and the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions.PDF download