TY - JOUR
T1 - Further evidence for a bifactor solution for the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale: Measurement and conceptual implications
AU - McKay, Michael T.
AU - Cole, Jon C.
AU - Percy, Andrew
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - The Consideration of Future Consequences construct has been found to relate meaningfully to several positive outcomes in temporal research. Researchers have proposed 1-factor, 2-factor, and bifactor solutions to the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFCS). Using 313 British University undergraduates, we tested four competing models: (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 supported the bifactor model, suggesting that the two hypothesized factors are better understood as grouping factors. Accordingly, the present study supports the CFCS as a unidimensional global future orientation measure. These results have important implications for the study of future orientation using the CFCS. Researchers using the CFCS are encouraged to examine a bifactor solution for the scores.
AB - The Consideration of Future Consequences construct has been found to relate meaningfully to several positive outcomes in temporal research. Researchers have proposed 1-factor, 2-factor, and bifactor solutions to the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFCS). Using 313 British University undergraduates, we tested four competing models: (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 supported the bifactor model, suggesting that the two hypothesized factors are better understood as grouping factors. Accordingly, the present study supports the CFCS as a unidimensional global future orientation measure. These results have important implications for the study of future orientation using the CFCS. Researchers using the CFCS are encouraged to examine a bifactor solution for the scores.
KW - Bifactor modelling
KW - Consideration of Future Consequences Scale
KW - Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928332635&doi=10.1016%2fj.paid.2015.04.022&partnerID=40&md5=076ef7474af9ce837f2b4bdd12286868
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.022
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.022
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 83
SP - 219
EP - 222
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -