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relationships
With twelve, seven-point Likert-type items, the scale measures a person’s tendency to engage in financial behavior expected to be disapproved of by his/her spouse or romantic partner and intentionally not informing them.
How much a person believes he/she and a partner had a strong and happy interaction at a certain time in the past is measured with five, seven-point Likert-type items. The time period is not specified in the items and should be stated in the instructions.
Four, seven-point Likert-type items are used to measure how much a person feels close and connected to a particular company.
Three, five-point Likert-type items are used to measure the importance a customer places on having a personal relationship with a company employee. The phrasing of the sentences implies the employee is a professional from whom one may seek advice and support.
This seven-item, seven-point Likert-type scale measures a consumer’s strong emotional bond to a particular service provider.
The extent to which a person desires to be close to a partner in a romantic relationship and worries about being abandoned is measured with a seven-point Likert-type format. A four-item and a six-item version are described.
This six-item Likert-type scale measures how much one has a sense of satisfaction in doing things primarily for the benefit of a particular person rather than him/herself.
Eight, five-point Likert-type items are used to measure how much a person has a one-sided “relationship” with a vlogger (video blogger) and thinks of that media personality as a friend.
Three semantic differentials are used to measure whether a customer has more of a communal relationship or an exchange relationship with a business or employee. In the scale, a communal relationship is informal and like a family whereas an exchange relationship is formal and purely transactional.
Three, five-point items measure how much a person believes a particular event or activity motivated him/her to think about forming relationships with other people.
