A ten-item, seven-point Likert-type scale is used to measure the degree to which a person professes support for the freedom of women from subordinate and traditional roles.
Three, nine-point items are used to measure a person's motivation to pursue a limited option with greater determination than he/she otherwise would have.
This five-item, six-point Likert-type scale is used in measuring the degree to which a person describes his/her engagement in an activity as being without coercion or obligation. The activity investigated by Unger (1981; Unger and Kernan 1983) was subjective leisure. In the study by Guiry, Mägi, and Lutz (2006) the activity was recreational shopping.
This scale has four, nine-point Likert-type items that are intended to measure the degree to which a person believes that during a recent experience he/she was free to express his/her creativity.
Four, seven-point items are used in the scale to measure the degree to which a person believes that a choice he/she has made was free from coercion or pressure to select a particular option. The scale was called self-determination by Mogilner, Rudnick, and Iyengar (2008).
The degree to which a person reports feeling free and unencumbered in a certain situation is measure using three, seven-point items.
This scale has three, seven-point items that are used to measure the extent to which a person reports having experienced feelings of constraint and delimitation in a certain situation.
The scale is composed of five, seven-point Likert-type statements that measure the degree to which a person feels his/her activities are self-chosen and free to be whatever he/she wishes, with an emphasis on the relationship with a named person. Although some might view the scale as a measure of the need for autonomy, a close reading of the items shows in aggregate that they have more to do with the extent to which a person feels autonomous rather than the level of his/her need for it.
Six, nine-point statements are used to measure the value placed by a person on independent thought and action.
The scale is composed of three, seven-point Likert-type statements that are intended to measure a consumer's commitment to a company/brand with an emphasis on his/her stated freedom in making the choice. As currently phrased, the items relate to airlines.
