SCALE/Items | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Alpha |
CONSIDERATION OF DISTANT CONSEQUENCES | 3.53 | 1.04 | 1 | 5 | .73 |
I consider how things might be in the future, and try to influence those things with my day to day behavior. | 3.88 | .90 | |||
Often I engage in a particular behavior in order to achieve outcomes that may not result for many years. | 3.28 | 1.05 | |||
My convenience is a big factor in the decisions I make or the actions I take. | 3.08 | 1.12 | |||
I am willing to sacrifice my immediate happiness or “well-being in order to achieve future outcomes”. | 3.16 | 1.11 | |||
I think it is important to take warnings about negative outcomes seriously even if the negative outcome will not occur for many years. | 3.81 | 1.01 | |||
I think it is more important to perform a behavior with important distant consequences than a behavior with less-important immediate consequences. | 3.40 | 1.05 | |||
When I make a decision, I think about how it might affect me in the future. | 4.20 | 0.94 | |||
My behavior is generally influenced by future consequences. | 3.45 | 1.13 | |||
CONSIDERATION OF IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES | 2.41 | 1.08 | 1 | 5 | .83 |
I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring the future will take care of itself. | 2.44 | 1.09 | |||
My behavior is only influenced by the immediate (i.e., a matter of days or weeks) outcomes of my actions. | 2.58 | 1.09 | |||
I generally ignore warnings about possible future problems because I think the problems will be resolved before they reach crisis level. | 2.21 | 1.02 | |||
I think that sacrificing now is usually unnecessary since future outcomes can be dealt with at a later time. | 2.18 | 1.06 | |||
I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring that I will take care of future problems that may occur at a later date. | 2.39 | 1.10 | |||
Since my day to day work has specific outcomes, it is more important to me than behavior that has distant outcomes. | 2.69 | 1.10 |