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Consideration of Future Consequences Scale

Name: Consideration of Future Consequences Scale
Creator: Strathman, Gleicher, Boninger & Edwards
Published: 1994
Keywords: future consequences, temporal discounting, time perspective, delayed gratification, pro-environmental, sustainability, long-term thinking

Strathman, Gleicher, Boninger & Edwards · 1994

Overview

Measures the extent to which people consider the distant versus immediate consequences of their behaviors. Individuals who score high on the CFC think about distant consequences as more important than immediate ones. The scale is widely used in environmental psychology to predict pro-environmental behavior, as concern for future consequences is a key motivator of sustainable action.

Measure Details

Number of Items12 items

Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Extremely uncharacteristic, 5 = Extremely characteristic)

Author(s)Strathman, Gleicher, Boninger & Edwards

Year Published1994

Internal Reliabilityα = .80–.86 across seven samples

DomainPro-environmental Behavior

Citation

Strathman, A., Gleicher, F., Boninger, D. S., & Edwards, C. S. (1994). The consideration of future consequences: Weighing immediate and distant outcomes of behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66(4), 742–752.

Keywords

future consequencestemporal discountingtime perspectivedelayed gratificationpro-environmentalsustainabilitylong-term thinking

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Free to use for research and educational purposes. Please cite the original authors.

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At a Glance

Items12

Year1994

Reliabilityα = .80–.86 across seven samples

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