The degree to which some information or object has evoked thoughts of self and family is measured in this scale with three, seven-point items.
This scale uses nine statements to measure the degree to which a person expresses a type of interdependent self-concept based on close relationships with specific others.
Five, five-point, Likert-type items are used to measure the degree to which a parent reports refusing to buy particular products for his/her child when the latter asks for them but does provide an explanation of why the requests are denied.
A five-item scale is used to measure the degree to which a person describes one's self as having more influence over family decision-making than one's spouse. It is a global measure because it is not specific to any one type of decision. Responses were recorded on a 100-point constant sum scale for each item. The 100 points are to be divided between oneself and one's spouse to represent relative influence in the relationship over family decisions.
A three-item, seven-point summated rating scale is used to measure one's belief that a specified product attribute is possessed by the products sharing the same brand name (the family brand). The attributes studied by Loken and John (1993) were gentleness and quality.
The scale uses several statements to measure the degree to which a person tends to resolve conflicts with his/her spouse by use of reason and negotiation rather than coercive means.
The degree to which a person tends to resolve conflicts with his/her spouse by use of coercive tactics is measured in this scale.
Four, seven-point items are used in this scale to measure the approach used by a parent to regulate a child's online activity. Specifically, the scale measures how much a child believes his/her parent(s) take an instructional approach to Internet use that encourages paying attention to certain factors and being wary of requests.
The extent to which a member of a virtual peer-to-peer problem solving (P3) community expresses a sense of belonging to the forum and relies on it is measured in this scale using four Likert-type items and a five-point format.
This five-item, five-point Likert-type scale measures the degree of importance interpersonal information sources have to a person when shopping for a certain product.
