Dispositional Greed Scale (DGS)
Description:
Purpose
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The Dispositional Greed Scale is designed to measure individaul differences in greediness.
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Questions
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7 items, using 5-point ratings (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree)
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Sub-scales
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It is a uni-dimensional scale
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Domain
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Personality Constructs : Greed & Materialism
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Sample items
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Instruction: Here are seven statements that may be descriptive of you.
Indicate for each of the statements to what extent you agree or disagree.
(1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neither agree nor disagree, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly agree).
1. I always want more.
2. Actually, I'm kind of greedy.
3. One can never have too much money.
4. As soon as I have acquired something, I start to think about the next thing I want.
5. It doesn't matter how much I have, I'm never completely satisfied.
6. My life motto is more is better.
7. I can't imagine having too many things.
The score for dispositional greed is the average of the 7 items
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References:
Scale:
Seuntjens, T. G., Zeelenberg, M., Van de Ven, N., Breugelmans, S. M. (2015). Dispositional greed. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(6), 917-933.https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000031
Uses:
Estrada-Mejia, C., Zeelenberg, M. & Breugelmans, S. M., (2023). A translation and validation of the Dispositional Greed Scale in Spanish.
Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 4(1), 280-291.
https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000053
Hoyer, K., Zeelenberg, M. & Breugelmans, S. M., (2023). Further tests of the scarcity and luxury hypotheses in dispositional greed: Evidence from two large-scale Dutch and American samples.
Current Psychology, 42(14), 12045-12054.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02467-z
Hoyer, K., Zeelenberg, M. & Breugelmans, S. M., (2024).
Greed: What is it good for? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(4), 597-612.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221140355
Hoyer, K., Zeisberger, S., Breugelmans, S. M., & Zeelenberg, M. (2021). Greed and individual trading behavior in experimental asset markets.
Decision, 8(2), 80-96.
https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000149
Hoyer, K., Zeisberger, S., Breugelmans, S. M., & Zeelenberg, M. (2023). A culture of greed: Bubble formation in experimental asset markets with greedy and non-greedy traders.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 212, 32-52.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.05.005
Seuntjens, T. G., Van de Ven, N., Zeelenberg, M., & Van der Schors, A., (2016). Greed and adolescent financial behavior.
Journal of Economic Psychology, 57, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2016.09.002
Seuntjens, T. G., Zeelenberg, M., Van de Ven, N., & Breugelmans, S. M. (2019). Greedy bastards: Testing the relationship between wanting more and unethical behavior.
Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 147- 156.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.027
Van den Heuvel, M. I., Seuntjens, T. G., Ang, D., Lewis, T. & Zeelenberg, M. (2023). I want more! The role of child, family and maternal characteristics on child dispositional greed and sharing behavior.
Current Psychology, 42(26), 22837-22846.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03348-9
Zeelenberg, M., & Breugelmans, S. M. (2022). The good, bad, and ugly of dispositional greed.
Current Opinion in Psychology, 46, 101323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101323
Zeelenberg, M., Breugelmans, S. M., & Kogler, C. (2025). When nothing is enough: Greed and ethics. In: S. M. Laham (Ed.),
Handbook of Ethics and Social Psychology. Edward Elgar.
Zeelenberg, M., Evans, A. M., Hoyer, K. & Seuntjens, T. G., (2024).
Disentangling greed and self-interest.
Discover Psychology, 4, 118.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-024-00211-9
Zeelenberg, M., Seuntjens, T. G., Van de Ven, N., & Breugelmans, S. M. (2020). When enough is not enough: Overearning as a manifestation of dispositional greed.
Personality and Individual Differences, 165, 110155.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110155
Zeelenberg, M., Seuntjens, T. G., Van de Ven, N., & Breugelmans, S. M. (2022). Dispositional greed scales.
European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(2), 91-100.
https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000647
Zeelenberg, M., & Weller, J. (2023). Dispositional greed scale (DGS). In: C. U. Krageloh, M. Alyami, & O. N. Medvedev (Eds.),
International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment. Springer.
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