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Promotion Orientation Explains Why Future-Oriented People Exercise and Eat Healthy: Evidence From the Two-Factor Consideration of Future Consequences-14 Scale

Joireman, Jeff, Shaffer, Monte J., Balliet, Daniel, Strathman, Alan·2012·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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The authors extended research linking individual differences in consideration of future consequences (CFC) with health behaviors by (a) testing whether individual differences in regulatory focus would mediate that link and (b) highlighting the value of a revised, two-factor CFC-14 scale with subscales assessing concern with future consequences (CFC-Future) and concern with immediate consequences (CFC-Immediate) proper. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the revised CFC-14 scale supported the presence of two highly reliable factors (CFC-Future and CFC-Immediate; αs from .80 to .84). Moreover, structural equation modeling showed that those high in CFC-Future engage in exercise and healthy eating because they adopt a promotion orientation. Future use of the two-factor CFC-14 scale is encouraged to shed additional light on how concern with future and concern with immediate consequences (proper) differentially impact the way people resolve a host of intertemporal dilemmas (e.g., health, financial, and environmental behavior).

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  • The future orientation scale had acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.77 for the UK and α = 0.70 for Turkey).

    “We measured future orientation by using six items of the two-factor Consideration of Future Consequences Scale, CFC-14 (α = 0.77 for UK and α = 0.70 for Turkey) [29].”

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Authors
Joireman, J., Shaffer, M. J., Balliet, D., & Strathman, A.
Affiliations
  • Washington State University (US)
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • University of Missouri (US)
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published
2012-07-25
Volume
38
Issue
10
Pages
1272-1287
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
OpenAlex
W2113163407
Cited by
466
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
27.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
consideration of future consequences, regulatory focus, promotion focus, prevention focus, exercise behavior, healthy eating, health behavior, individual differences, intertemporal choice
MeSH terms
Attitude to Health, Eating, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Forecasting, Health Promotion, Humans, Orientation, Personality, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Time Perception, Health Behavior, Exercise

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