 The authors report in their discussion of the results that the CNS does in fact capture a personality trait that is relevant in real life decisions.A factor analysis was done in Study 3 and it differed from Studies 1 and 2, suggesting an inconsistency in factor structure.The goals of Study 4 were to investigate how the CNS explains the motivations behind positive ecological behavior and to compare the CNS to more current work on the subject of well-being.