Vol.59 (Education 2014), pp.54-57

According to the research on time perspective, the present time perspective is positively correlated with risky behaviors. Thus, when educating students, teachers tend to encourage them to have the future time perspective instead of the present time perspective. The risky behavior is also related to addiction problem. Recently, technology addiction such as smart phone addiction is one of the annoying problems in secondary schools. Educators should find a good method to solve students’ technology addiction as well as good time perspectives for their school life. However, risk-taking behaviors are not always negative in our lives and related to thinking styles negatively. In this paper, we analyze the present hedonism more carefully and determine the relationship among the present hedonism, abstract thinking ability, and academic achievement. To achieve our research goals, we surveyed 329 high school students of South Korea. For enhancing students’ academic achievement and reducing their smart phone addiction, the teachers should understand the characteristics of the time perspectives and increase the abstract thinking levels of the students.