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Dispositional Greed Scale Measuring Greed




The Dispositional Greed Scale is a 7-item rating scale. Participants rate each item on a scale of 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree.


Permission:
The test items may be reproduced and used for noncommercial research and educational purposes. The list of items is available from PsycTESTS.

Sample

1. I always want more.
2. Actually, I’m kind of greedy.

Read more about greed in the

Psychology of Greed.


Note:
In psychology, a disposition is a relatively durable behavior pattern or trait in contrast to a state, which can vary with situations.

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References

For the test items in PsycTESTS, see:

Seuntjens, T. G., Zeelenberg, M., van de Ven, N., & Breugelmans, S. M. (2015). Dispositional Greed Scale [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t41245-000

For the article about dispositional greed, see the following reference:

Seuntjens, Terri G., Zeelenberg, Marcel, van de Ven, Niels, & Breugelmans, Seger M. (2015). Dispositional greed. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(6), 917-933. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000031

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