PSYC2040 Survey Measures

PSYC2040 SOCIAL & ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, S1 2023
SURVEY MEASURES
DEMOGRAPHICS
Age (in years)
Gender
 Male
 Female
 Non-Binary
 Other (please specify)
Are you a PSYC2040 student?

 Yes
 No
NOTES
• Information included about each measure: source, items, scale
• (R) = reverse-coded item
• Participants’ final scores for each measure were calculated by averaging their
responses to all the items.
• Only participants who indicated [No] to being a PSYC2040 student were
included in the final analyses.
EXTRAVERSION
• Adapted from: Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10)
Rammstedt, B., & John, O. P. (2007). Measuring personality in one minute or less:
A 10-item short version of the Big Five Inventory in English and German. Journal of
Research in Personality, 41(1), 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2006.02.001
• Items:
1. I see myself as someone who is reserved. (R)
2. I see myself as someone who is outgoing, sociable.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Strongly Disagree Somewhat Neither Somewhat Agree Strongly
Disagree Disagree Agree/ Agree Agree
Disagree
AGREEABLENESS
• Items:
1. I see myself as someone who is generally trusting.
2. I see myself as someone who tends to find fault in others. (R)
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
• Items:
1. I see myself as someone who tends to be lazy. (R)
2. I see myself as someone who does a thorough job.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
NEUROTICISM
• Items:
1. I see myself as someone who is relaxed, handles stress well. (R)
2. I see myself as someone who gets nervous easily.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
• Items:
1. I see myself as someone who has few artistic interests. (R)
2. I see myself as someone who has an active imagination.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
SENSATION SEEKING
• Adapted from: Brief Sensation Seeking Scale
Hoyle, R. H., Stephenson, M. T., Palmgreen, P., Lorch, E. P., & Donohew, R. L.
(2002). Reliability and validity of a brief measure of sensation seeking.
Personality and Individual Differences, 32(3), 401-414.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00032-0
• Items:
1. I would like to explore strange places.
2. I would like to take off on a trip with no pre-planned routes or timetables.
3. I get restless when I spend too much time at home.
4. I prefer friends who are excitingly unpredictable.
5. I like to do frightening things.
6. I like wild parties.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
EMPATHY
• Adapted from: Toronto Empathy Questionnaire
Spreng, R. N., McKinnon, M. C., Mar, R. A., & Levine, B. (2009). The Toronto
Empathy Questionnaire: Scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic
solution to multiple empathy measures. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(1),
62-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890802484381
• Items:
1. I get a strong urge to help when I see someone who is upset.
2. I have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me.
3. When a friend starts to talk about their problems, I try to steer the
conversation towards something else. (R)
4. I can tell when others are sad even when they do not say anything.
5. I find that I am “in tune” with other people’s moods.
6. I am not really interested in how other people feel. (R)
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
NARCISSISM
• Adapted from: Dirty Dozen Dark Triad Scale
Jonason, P. K., & Webster, G. D. (2010). The dirty dozen: A concise measure of the
dark triad. Psychological Assessment, 22(2), 420-432.
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019265
• Items:
1. I tend to want others to admire me.
2. I tend to want others to pay attention to me.
3. I tend to seek prestige or status.
4. I tend to expect special favours from others.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
MATERIALISM
• Adapted from: Materialism Scale
Richins, M. L., & Dawson, S. (1992). A consumer values orientation for materialism
and its measurement: Scale development and validation. Journal of Consumer
Research, 19(3), 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1086/209304
• Items:
1. Buying things gives me a lot of pleasure.
2. I admire people who own expensive homes, cars, and clothes.
3. I like to own things that impress people.
4. I usually buy only the things I need. (R)
5. The things I own aren't all that important to me. (R)
6. I like a lot of luxury in my life.
7. I put less emphasis on material things than most people I know. (R)
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
SOCIAL COMPARISON ORIENTATION

• Adapted from: Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure
Gibbons, F. X., & Buunk, B. P. (1999). Individual differences in social comparison:
Development of a scale of social comparison orientation. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 76(1), 129–142. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.76.1.129
• Items:
1. I always pay a lot of attention to how I do things compared with how
others do things.
2. If I want to find out how well I have done something, I compare what I have
done with how others have done.
3. I often compare how I am doing socially (e.g., social skills, popularity) with
other people.
4. I am not the type of person who compares often with others. (R)
5. I often compare myself with others with respect to what I have
accomplished in life.
6. I never consider my situation in life relative to that of other people. (R)
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
FEAR OF MISSING OUT
• Adapted from: Fear of Missing Out Scale
Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013).
Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out. Computers
in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1841-1848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014
• Items:
1. I don't want to miss out on anything my friends do.
2. I get worried when I find out my friends are having fun without me.
3. I get anxious when I don’t know what my friends are up to.
4. It is important that I understand my friends’ “in jokes”.
5. It bothers me when I miss an opportunity to meet up with friends.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
SENSE OF BELONGING
• Adapted from: General Belongingness Scale
Malone, G. P., Pillow, D. R., & Osman, A. (2012). The general belongingness scale
(GBS): Assessing achieved belongingness. Personality and Individual Differences,
52(3), 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.027
• Items:
1. I have a sense of belonging.
2. I feel connected with others.
3. I feel accepted by others.
4. I feel like an outsider. (R)
5. I feel isolated from the rest of the world. (R)
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
LONELINESS
• Adapted from: UCLA Loneliness Scale
Russell, D., Peplau, L. A., & Ferguson, M. L. (1978). Developing a measure of
loneliness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 42(3), 290-294.
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4203_11
• Items:
1. I feel alone.
2. I have nobody to talk to.
3. I am no longer close to anyone.
4. I feel isolated from others.
5. No one really knows me well.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
SELF-ESTEEM
• Adapted from: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press.
• Items:
1. On the whole, I am satisfied with myself.
2. I feel that I have a number of good qualities.
3. I feel I do not have much to be proud of. (R)
4. I take a positive attitude toward myself.
5. I have high self-esteem.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
BODY SATISFACTION
• Adapted from: Body Image Satisfaction Scale
Alsaker, F. D. (1992). Pubertal timing, overweight and psychological adjustment.
Journal of Early Adolescence, 12(4), 396-419.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431692012004004
• Items:
1. I am satisfied with my body.
2. I am satisfied with my looks.
3. I would like to change a good deal about my body. (R)
4. I would like to change a good deal about my looks. (R)
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
LIFE SATISFACTION
• Adapted from: Satisfaction With Life Scale
Diener, E. D., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction
with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49(1), 71-75.
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13
• Items:
1. In most ways my life is close to my ideal.
2. The conditions of my life are excellent.
3. I am satisfied with my life.
4. So far I have gotten the important things I want in life.
5. If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
SOCIAL ANXIETY
• Adapted from: Social Avoidance and Distress Scale
Watson, D., & Friend, R. (1969). Measurement of social-evaluative anxiety.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 33(4), 448-457.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0027806
• Items:
1. I try to avoid situations which force me to be sociable.
2. I often want to get away from people.
3. Being introduced to people makes me tense and nervous.
4. I would avoid walking up and joining a large group of people.
5. I tend to withdraw from people.
6. I often think up excuses in order to avoid social engagements.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
• Adapted from: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21)
Henry, J. D., & Crawford, J. R. (2005). The short‐form version of the Depression
Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS‐21): Construct validity and normative data in a large
non‐clinical sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44(2), 227-239.
https://doi.org/10.1348/014466505X29657
• Please read each statement and indicate how much the statement applied to
you over the past week.
Items:
1. I couldn’t seem to experience any positive feeling at all.
2. I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things.
3. I felt that I had nothing to look forward to.
4. I felt down-hearted and blue.
5. I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything.
• Scale:
0 1 2 3
Never Sometimes Often Almost
always
DESCRIPTIVE NORMS
• Adapted from: Descriptive Norms Scale
Hagger, M. S., & Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2005). First‐and higher‐order models of
attitudes, normative influence, and perceived behavioural control in the theory of
planned behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44(4), 513-535.
https://doi.org/10.1348/014466604X16219
• Items:
1. Most people I know use TikTok.
2. Most people who are important to me use TikTok.
3. My friends use TikTok.
4. My family use TikTok.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
INJUNCTIVE NORMS
• Adapted from: Injunctive Norms Scale
Hagger, M. S., & Chatzisarantis, N. L. (2005). First‐and higher‐order models of
attitudes, normative influence, and perceived behavioural control in the theory of
planned behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44(4), 513-535.
https://doi.org/10.1348/014466604X16219
• Items:
1. Most people I know would want me to use TikTok.
2. Most people who are important to me would want me to use TikTok.
3. My friends would want me to use TikTok.
4. My family would want me to use TikTok.
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disagree
TIKTOK CONSUMPTION
• Adapted from: Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale
Rosen, L. D., Whaling, K., Carrier, L. M., Cheever, N. A., & Rokkum, J. (2013).
The media and technology usage and attitudes scale: An empirical
investigation. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2501-2511.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.006
• Items:
1. How often do you use TikTok?
2. How often do you browse profiles on TikTok?
3. How often do you watch videos on TikTok?
4. How often do you "like" videos on TikTok?
5. How often do you share videos on TikTok with others?
6. How often do you comment on videos on TikTok?
• Scale:
1 2 3 4 5
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always

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Age (in years)

Are you a PSYC2040 student?

SOCIAL COMPARISON ORIENTATION

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