Results and discussion
Participants who gave time by writing to a sick child subse-
quently felt like they had more time (M = 4.91, SD = 1.02) than
those who wasted time (M = 4.64, SD = 1.01), F(1, 217) = 3.93,
p < .05, ηp
2
= .02. Although both giving time and wasting time
could signal that one has an abundance of time, only giving time
led participants to perceive their time as more abundant.