Table 3.

The mediating role of future orientation between uncertainty and intertemporal choice.

	Predictor variable	Future orientation				Intertemporal choice
		β	t	R2	F	β	t	R2	F
Model 1	Uncertainty					0.50	2.08⁎	0.20	5.93⁎⁎
Model 2	Uncertainty	0.47	2.68⁎⁎	0.65	68.03⁎⁎⁎
Model 3	Future orientation					0.44	2.53⁎	0.22	6.74⁎⁎
	Uncertainty					0.19	1.31

Note. Negative emotion, positive emotion, and the personality trait of intolerance of uncertainty were treated as covariates. Dummy-coded for the high-uncertainty group = 1, low-uncertainty group = 0. Intertemporal choice was measured by the total number of times smaller-sooner gains were chosen. Higher future orientation scores indicated more negative future views. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.