17 men and 30 women were administered Roos' Time Reference Inventory during the third trimester before delivery and again at 6 wk. post-delivery to assess temporal orientation with respect to the delivery of a child. There was no significant difference in temporal orientation in terms of future, past, and present age estimate.
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