Abstracts: Invited Symposia – July 31st
Keywords
indicators of that sub-scale, while item 5 (as in previous Portuguese and Spanish CFC validations) should be excluded in Iberoamerican languages. validation, CFC-14, factor structure
Title
Consideration of future consequences and crime.
Authors
Cristina ESTEVES, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal Victor ORTUÑO, University of Coimbra, Portugal Alejandro VÁSQUEZ ECHEVERRÍA, University of the Republic & University of Porto, Portugal cristina.m.esteves@gmail.com Background. The consideration of future consequences was found to be predictive of many psychological and social phenomena. For instance, CFCwas related to aggression and impulse behavior. More impulsive or aggressive people have less consideration for the consequences of their actions. Nevertheless, to date, no systematic study has been done to explore how the CFC influences transgressions of the law. Aims. The objective of this paper was to compare scores in consideration of future consequences between young and adult offenders in prison, when compared to a population not involved in problems with justice. Method. We compared a group of adolescent offenders (in probation) to a group of matched in age and SES status adolescents, and a group of adult offenders (in prison) with an adult sample of university students. Sixty Portuguese participants took part in each group. Results. Groups of adolescents (either on probation or not) were the less concerned about the future consequences of their actions and also more concerned about immediate results of their actions than adult sample. Between adolescents groups, no statistical significance was found on sub-scales scores. Adult participants in prison were more concerned with the
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IInd Conference on Time Perspective – Warsaw 2014