Social Axioms Survey.

SAS

What it measures

General social beliefs / 'axioms' (expectations about how the world works) on 5 dimensions: Social Cynicism, Social Complexity, Reward for Application, Religiosity/Spirituality, and Fate Control

Length and format

60 (SAS original); 40-item and shorter pan-cultural versions; SAS-II revision. 5-point belief endorsement (strongly disbelieve - strongly believe) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Validated across 40+ cultures / many languages (one of the broadest cross-cultural belief instruments); e.g. ZH, ES, EN, and dozens more

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

Leung, K., Bond, M. H., et al. (2002). Social axioms: The search for universal dimensions of general beliefs about how the world functions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33(3), 286-302.