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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between time perspective and life satisfaction and to construct a causal model of relationships between time perspective and life satisfaction. Time perspective scale, life satisfaction scale was used for 519 undergraduates at the Hashemite University participated. The study concluded that there is a putative and statistically significant correlation (α= 0.05) between past positive perspective, present hedonistic perspective and future perspective and life satisfaction, there is a negative and statistically significant correlation between past negative perspective and life satisfaction, and there no correlation between present fatalistic perspective and life satisfaction, The results of the path analysis showed that there are positive direct effects of the past positive perspective, present hedonistic perspective and future perspective and life satisfaction on life satisfaction, and there are negative direct effects of the past negative perspective on life satisfaction. Finally, no effect of the any present fatalistic perspective on life satisfaction was found. (Published abstract)