fo001 | In comparison to others, are you a person who is generally willing to give up something today to benefit from that in the future or are you not willing to do so?
| person willing to trade today for future |
fo002a | I consider how things might be in the future, and try to influence those things with my day to day behavior. | influence day to day behavior for future |
fo002b | Often I engage in a particular behavior in order to achieve outcomes that may not result for many years. | engage behavior for long term outcomes |
fo002c | I only act to satisfy immediate concerns, figuring the future will take care of itself.
| act to satisfy immediate concerns only |
fo002d | My behavior is only influenced by the immediate (i.e., a matter of days or weeks) outcomes of my actions. | behavior only influence by immediate outcome of actions |
fo002e | My convenience is a big factor in the decisions I make or the actions I take. | convenience big factor |
fo002f | I am willing to sacrifice my immediate happiness or well-being to achieve future outcomes.
| willing to sacrifice immediate happiness for future outcomes |
fo002g | I think it is important to take warnings about negative outcomes seriously even if the negative outcome will not occur for many years. | take warnings of negative outcomes seriously |
fo002h | I think it is more important to perform a behavior with important distant consequences than a behavior with less-important immediate consequences. | more important perform behavior with distant consequences |
fo002i | I generally ignore warnings about possible future problems because I think the problems will be resolved before they reach crisis level. | ignore warnings about future problems |
fo002j | I think that sacrificing now is usually unnecessary since future outcomes can be dealt with at a later time | sacrifice now is usually unnecessary |