Evidence for the reliability and validity, and some support for the practical utility of the two-factor Consideration of Future Consequences Scale-14

McKay, Michael T.; Perry, John L.; Percy, Andrew; Cole, Jon C.

Abstract

Researchers have proposed 1-factor, 2-factor, and bifactor solutions to the 12-item Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFCS-12). In order to overcome some measurement problems and to create a robust and conceptually useful two-factor scale the CFCS-12 was recently modified to include two new items and to become the CFCS-14. Using a University sample, we tested four competing models for the CFCS-14: (a) a 12-item unidimensional model, (b) a model fitted for two uncorrelated factors (CFC-Immediate and CFC-Future), (c) a model fitted for two correlated factors (CFC-I and CFC-F), and (d) a bifactor model. Results suggested that the addition of the two new items has strengthened the viability of a two factor solution of the CFCS-14. Results of linear regression models suggest that the CFC-F factor is redundant. Further studies using alcohol and mental health indicators are required to test this redundancy.

Citation

McKay, M. T., Perry, J. L., Percy, A., & Cole, J. C. (2016). Evidence for the reliability and validity, and some support for the practical utility of the two-factor Consideration of Future Consequences Scale-14. Personality and individual differences, 98, 133-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.097

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 30, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Apr 13, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Deposit Date: Jun 22, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 17, 2018
• Journal: Personality and individual differences
• Print ISSN: 0191-8869
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 98
• Pages: 133-136
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.097
• Keywords: Consideration of Future Consequences Scale; Exploratory structural equation modelling; Bifactor solution
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/440034
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916302501
• Additional Information: This is the accepted manuscript of an article published in Personality and individual differences, 2016. The version of record is available at the DOI link in this record.