The ability to organise daily life tasks and to execute them on time constitutes
an essential component of being efficient and may have consequences for an
individual’s well-being. The objective of the study was to develop a selfreport
scale for detecting difficulties in the organisation of daily life tasks on
time, as perceived by the individual, and to examine its validity and reliability.
In order to test the scale’s content and face validity, 228 Israeli adults, 83 (36%)
males and 145 (64%) females, aged 18–44 (mean age 26.49, SD ¼ 5.83), participated
in the study. Internal consistencies following factor analysis, as well
as construct validity, were initiated. Results of the analysis of the Time Organisation
and Participation Scale (TOPS) revealed three distinct factors with
Eigen values . 1, comprised of 32 items. These three factors explained
49.68% of the total variance. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency
for the overall score (a ¼ .92), as well as for the three factors (a ranges .87 to
.92). The corrected item total correlation that was performed for each of the
three factors indicated good results, ranging from .46 to .76. Construct validity
was confirmed, while the MANOVA yielded significant age group differences.
Initial results suggest that the TOPS is a valid and reliable tool for detecting
difficulties in the organisation of daily life tasks on time among adults.
Keywords: Self-report scale; Perceived; Time; Organisation; Daily tasks.