Abstract: In this paper, two samples of attainment and diffusion were fetched for a selective reaction experiment on the past, present, and future altermatives of active vs. passive words. The findings not onlyconfirmed the existence of the constructive factors (extension, direction, and relatedness) of timeperspective, but also showed that, in terms of active and passive self-concepts, attainment tended totake the active one to present and future, leaving behind the passive one, while diffusion did theopposite. The findings above gave a full display of the structuring force exerted by certain identitystatus on time experience and self-concept and the relative changes it brought forth on the nature of theindividual's time perspective.

Key words: time perspective, functional integration