Latent Profile Analysis of College Student's Consideration of Future Consequence and Validation of Influence Factors and Results Factor

This study aims to identify different latent groups among college students based on their consideration of future consequences. We used latent profile analysis to achieve this goal. The study included 590 college students (272 males and 318 females). The results showed that the researchers could identify two latent groups among college students based on their consideration of future outcomes. The first group was the present outcome interest group, and the second group was the future-oriented effort group. We also found that future time perspective, present fatalistic time perspective, agreeableness, and self-efficacy influenced the classification of the latent groups. Additionally, the study revealed significant differences in self-regulatory ability between the two groups. This study is significant as it sheds light on college students' different goals and behaviors based on their consideration of future outcomes. The study also provides valuable insights into the necessary intervention measures to change behavior.