Measuring is complex and critical for research in marketing, advertising, and consumer psychology. These books are excellent tools for researchers and professionals of those areas that need to find reliable and valid scales for their research. They have helped me save time and consider new constructs in my academic research.
values
This scale has six, seven-point Likert-type items that measure a person’s belief that people can make a new beginning with hope of a better life, despite his/her past or present circumstances.
The belief that there are opportunities for anyone to make economic progress and be successful through hard work is measured with five, seven-point Likert-type items.
Seven Likert-type items measure the degree to which a person believes that he/she is treated fairly, in general, and receives what is deserved.
Using six, nine-point Likert-type items, the scale measures the degree to which a person believes that consuming a particular product or brand would help attain some of his/her life goals.
The degree to which a person is willing to make sacrifices for the long-term good of society as well as for other causes of personal importance is measured with seven, seven-point Likert-type items.
Three, seven-point Likert-type items are used to measure the degree to which a person believes a particular company is socially active due to its genuine concern and unselfish motivation.
Six, seven-point Likert-type items are used to measure the degree to which a person expresses support for environmental protection through his/her purchases and consumption.
The degree to which a consumer believes that using a particular product would be consistent with his/her values is measured with three, five-point Likert-type items.
The scale uses three, five-point Likert-type items to measure a person’s beliefs about the level of materialism of one of his/her parents. (The scale is completed twice if assessment of both parents’ materialism is of interest.)
Four, eight-point items measure the importance a person places on protecting the ecosystem and living in harmony with it.
