Argentinian Validation of Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC-14) Scale

ACUÑA, IGNACIO; GUZMÁN, JUAN IGNACIO; JOIREMAN, JEFFREY; MICHELINI, YANINA; GALARCE, EZEQUIEL; ZALAZAR JAIME, MAURICIO FEDERICO; GODOY, JUAN CARLOS

Acta Colombiana de Psicología

Facultad de Psicología. Universidad Católica de Colombia

Lugar: Bogotá; Año: 2020 vol. 23 p. 346 - 356

The extent to which people anticipate and are influenced by the potential future consequences of their current behavior is called Consideration of Future Consequences. A well-established tool to measure this construct is the 14-item Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFC-14). The CFC-14 has shown appropriate psychometric properties in several languages. This scale comprises two factors: the CFC-Immediate (CFC-I, 7 items) and the CFC-Future (CFC-F, 7 items). The main goal of this study was to assess the psychometric properties and internal consistency of the CFC-14 Scale in Spanish, using an Argentine sample. A secondary goal was to determine its convergent validity with impulsivity, and determine differences across gender and age groups. Using a web-based survey, we collected data from 512 participants (75.2% women) aged 13-74 years (M = 30.8). Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed a 2-factor model as the best solution for 13-items version (CFI .961, TLI .952, RMSEA .064 90%IC .054/.074, WRMR 0.979). Standardized regression weights (p ≤ .05) ranged from .50 to .66 for CFC-F and between .43 and .83 for CFC-I. Composite reliability was also adequate: CFC-F achieve ρ = .80 and CFC-I ρ = .82. There were no differences across gender and age. The CFC-F subscale and UPPS-P subscales correlations, were negative and significant, highlighting the negative and moderate correlation between CFC-F and the lack of premeditation (r=-.41), a dimension strictly related to intertemporal decisions making. Thus, CFC-14 has adequate psychometric properties in an Argentinian population, although more studies are necessary to determine the robustness of these findings.