The aim of this meta-analysis was to quantify the direction and strength of associations between the Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC) scale and intended and actual engagement in three categories of health-related behaviour: health risk, health promotive, and illness preventative/detective behaviour. A systematic literature search was conducted to identify studies that measured CFC and health behaviour. In total, 64 effect sizes were extracted from 53 independent samples. Effect sizes were synthesised using a random-effects model. Aggregate effect sizes for all behaviour categories were significant, albeit small in magnitude. There were no significant moderating effects of the length of CFC scale (long vs. short), population type (college students vs. non-college students), mean age, or sex proportion of study samples. CFC reliability and study quality score significantly moderated the overall association between CFC and health risk behaviour only. The magnitude of effect sizes is comparable to associations between health behaviour and other individual difference variables, such as the Big Five personality traits. The findings indicate that CFC is an important construct to consider in research on engagement in health risk behaviour in particular. Future research is needed to examine the optimal approach by which to apply the findings to behavioural interventions.

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对未来后果和健康行为的考虑：一项荟萃分析

这项荟萃分析的目的是量化考虑未来后果（CFC）规模与预期和实际参与三类健康相关行为的关联的方向和强度：健康风险，健康促进因素和疾病预防/侦探行为。进行了系统的文献检索，以确定可测量CFC和健康行为的研究。总共从53个独立样本中提取了64种效果大小。使用随机效应模型合成效应大小。尽管规模很小，但所有行为类别的合计效应大小均很显着。CFC量表的长度（长对短），人口类型（大学生与非大学生），平均年龄或研究样本的性别比例没有显着的调节作用。CFC的可靠性和研究质量评分仅显着缓解了CFC与健康风险行为之间的整体关联。影响大小的大小可与健康行为与其他个体差异变量（例如“五大”人格特质）之间的关联相媲美。研究结果表明，氟氯化碳是参与健康风险行为研究的重要考虑因素。需要进行进一步的研究，以研究将发现应用于行为干预的最佳方法。研究结果表明，氟氯化碳是参与健康风险行为研究的重要考虑因素。需要进行进一步的研究，以研究将发现应用于行为干预的最佳方法。研究结果表明，氟氯化碳是参与健康风险行为研究的重要考虑因素。需要进行进一步的研究，以研究将发现应用于行为干预的最佳方法。