| Rick, Scott, Cynthia Cryder, and George Loewenstein (2008), "Tightwads and Spendthrifts," Journal of Consumer Research, 34 (6), 767-782
https://scottrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TightwadSpendthrift.pdf |
| Table of Contents |
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| Description |
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| History of Use |
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| References |
| Purpose |
The Tightwad-Spendthrift scale is designed to assess the extent to which people
find the prospect of spending money painful. Tightwads tend to experience a high
pain of paying and spend less than they would ideally like to spend, whereas
spendthrifts tend to experience insufficient pain and spend more than they would
ideally like to spend. |
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| Questions |
4 items using either 1-11 or 1-5 ratings |
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| Sub-scales |
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| Domain |
Decision Approach |
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| Psychometrics |
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| Sample items |
Some people have trouble limiting their spending: they often spend money--for
example on clothes, meals, vacations, phone calls--when they would do better not
to.
Other people have trouble spending money. Perhaps because spending money makes them anxious, they often don't spend money on things they should spend it on. How well does the first description fit you? That is, do you have trouble limiting your spending? (1-5 scale, where 1=Never and 5=Always) How well does the second description fit you? That is, do you have trouble spending money? (1-5 scale, where 1=Never and 5=Always) |
| Rick, Scott, Cynthia Cryder, and George Loewenstein (2008), "Tightwads and Spendthrifts," Journal of Consumer Research, 34 (6), 767-782
https://scottrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TightwadSpendthrift.pdf |