Belk Materialism Scale.
Belk MS
- What it measures
- Materialism as a constellation of personality traits: Possessiveness, Non-generosity, and Envy (Tangibility/Preservation added in later versions)
- Length and format
- 24 (Possessiveness 9, Non-generosity 7, Envy 8) in the 1985 version. 5-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Adapted into several languages (e.g. Hungarian, ZH, and others) in consumer research; less widely translated than the MVS
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Belk, R. W. (1985). Materialism: Trait aspects of living in the material world. Journal of Consumer Research, 12(3), 265-280.
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