Psychometric properties of an abbreviated consideration of future consequences scale in Spanish and of its adaptations to specific domains.

The consideration of future consequences scale (CFCS) is a widely used instrument to assess how individuals resolve dilemmas referring to actions with immediate and distant rewards. This work aims to introduce and explore the initial psychometric versions of the 10- and 8-item abbreviated versions of the CFCS in Spanish and its adaptations for specific domains. The studies were conducted: In Study 1, 1095 adults completed the CFCS-14 the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory and the Adolescent and Adult Time Inventory – Time Attitudes. In Study 2, 738 adults completed the domain-free CFCS and some of the domain-specific adaptations to health-related behaviors and work. Results in Study 1 revealed acceptable to very good indicators of reliability, factor solution and convergent validity of the abbreviated CFCS versions. Furthermore, in Study 2, these results were extended to the domain-specific versions. Correlations with behavioral outcomes were, in general, substantially larger for the scores yielded by the domain-specific compared to the general CFCS. Our results suggest that the shorter versions of the CFCS could be used safely by researchers. Future research on the domain-specificity of the construct is required.