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