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 and Cole, Jon C ORCID: 0000-0003-3515-0183 (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. pp. 133-136. ISSN 0191-8869

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Consideration of Future Consequences Scale, Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling, Bifactor solution
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2016 09:54
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2024 09:35
DOI:	10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.097
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001964