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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Future self-continuity, the sense of persistence of selfhood over time, is crucial for personal identity.
  • Reduced future self-continuity is linked to detrimental behaviors and increased psychopathology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire (FSCQ).
  • To assess the psychometric properties and validity of the FSCQ for measuring present-to-future self-continuity.

Main Methods:

  • Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to refine and validate the FSCQ across four adult samples (N=1,481).
  • Convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity were assessed.

Main Results:

  • The FSCQ demonstrated a coherent, internally consistent, and replicable factor structure.
  • The scale showed adequate test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity.
  • FSCQ scores related significantly to consideration of future consequences, temporal discounting, depression, hopelessness, suicidality, anhedonia, and quality of life.

Conclusions:

  • The Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring future self-continuity.
  • The FSCQ provides a valuable tool for research on personal identity, decision-making, and mental health.