Consideration of Future Consequences Scale – CFC

I consider how things might be in the future, and try to influence those things with my day to day behavior.

Often I engage in a particular behavior in order to achieve outcomes that may not result for many years.

I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring the future will take care of itself.

My behavior is only influenced by the immediate (i.e., a matter of days or weeks) outcomes of my actions.

My convenience is a big factor in the decisions I make or the actions I take.

I am willing to sacrifice my immediate happiness or well-being in order to achieve future outcomes.

I think it is important to take warnings about negative outcomes seriously even if the negative outcome will not occur for many years.

I think it is more important to perform a behavior with important distant consequences than a behavior with less-important immediate consequences.

I generally ignore warnings about possible future problems because I think the problems will be resolved before they reach crisis level.

I think that sacrificing now is usually unnecessary since future outcomes can be dealt with at a later time.

I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring that I will take care of future problems that may occur at a later date.

Since my day to day work has specific outcomes, it is more important to me than behavior that has distant outcomes.