Much of my current research focuses on a relatively new individual difference construct called the Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC). This construct concerns differences in the extent to which individuals are influenced by the immediate versus distant consequences of their behavior. To date CFC has been found to influence attitudes and persuasion, counterfactual reasoning, health-related behaviors such as practicing safe sex and decisions to be screened for the HIV virus, and recycling. CFC is measured by the CFC Scale. You are welcome to download a copy of the scale and use it in your research here:

http://web.missouri.edu/~psyas/cfc.html

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Health Psychology
Personality, Individual Differences
Persuasion, Social Influence
Social Cognition

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Health Psychology

Personality, Individual Differences
Persuasion, Social Influence
Social Cognition

Books:

Strathman, A., & Joireman, J. (Eds.). (2005). Understanding behavior in the context of time: Theory, research, and application. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Journal Articles:

Boninger, D. S., Gleicher, F., & Strathman, A. (1994). Counterfactual thinking: From what might have been to what may be. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 297-307.
Dorr, N., Krueckeberg, S., Strathman, A., & Wood, M. D. (1999). Psychosocial correlates of voluntary HIV antibody testing in college students. AIDS Education and Prevention, 11, 14-27.
Joireman, J., Anderson, J., & Strathman, A. (2003). The aggression paradox: Understanding links among aggression, sensation seeking, and the consideration of future consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1287-1302.
Lindsay, J. J., & Strathman, A. (1997). Predictors of recycling behavior: An application of a modified health belief model. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 1799-1823.
Petty, R. E., Schumann, D. W., Richman, S. A., & Strathman, A. (1993). Positive mood and persuasion: Different roles for affect under high and low elaboration conditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 5-20.
Strathman, A., Baker, S. M., & Kost, K. A. (1991). Distinguishing the psychologies of the socio-physical and the natural environment. American Psychologist, 46, 164-165.
Strathman, A., Gleicher, F., Boninger, D. S., & Edwards, C. S. (1994). The consideration of future consequences: Weighing immediate and distant outcomes of behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 742-752.
Wood, M. D., Sher, K. J., & Strathman, A. (1996). Alcohol outcome expectancies and alcohol use and problems. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 283-288.

Other Publications:

Gleicher, F., Boninger, D. S., Strathman, A., Armor, D., Hetts, J., & Ahn, M. (1995). With an eye toward the future: The impact of counterfactual thinking on affect, attitudes, and behavior. In N. Roese, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), What might have been: The social psychology of counterfactual thinking. Erlbaum: Hillsdale, NJ.
Joireman, J., Strathman, A., & Balliet, D. (in press). Considering future consequences: An integrative model. To appear in L. Sanna & E. Chang (Eds.), Judgments over time: The interplay of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Petty, R. E., Cacioppo, J. T., Strathman, A. J., & Priester, J. (1994). To think or not to think: Exploring two routes to persuasion. In S. Shavitt & T. C. Brock (Eds.), Persuasion: Psychological insights and perspectives. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Strathman, A., Boninger, D. S., Gleicher, F., & Baker, S. M. (1994). Constructing the future with present behavior: An individual difference approach. In Z. Zaleski (Ed.), The psychology of future orientation. Lublin, Poland: Catholic University of Lublin Press.

Courses Taught:

Applied Psychology
Attitude Change
General Experimental Psychology
General Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Introduction to Social Psychology
Psychology of Social Issues
Research Methods in Psychology
Social Psychology Methodology
Teaching of Psychology Practicum

Applied Psychology
Attitude Change
General Experimental Psychology
General Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Introduction to Social Psychology

Psychology of Social Issues
Research Methods in Psychology
Social Psychology Methodology
Teaching of Psychology Practicum

Alan Strathman
Department of Psychological Sciences
210 McAlester Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
United States

Phone: (573) 882-1963
Fax: (573) 882-7710