A person’s general level of trust across a variety of people and situations is measured with 25, five-point Likert-type items. To be clear, the scale does not measure one’s trust of a particular person or those playing a specific role but rather the tendency to trust others and be optimistic about their intentions.
Using four, seven-point semantic differentials, the scale measures the honesty and ethicality of something. The scale is general in the sense that it appears that it can be applied to a particular person or a group of people. While it might be used to evaluate the trustworthiness of non-human entities (ads, organizations), it seems most suited for people.
The degree to which a person has negative beliefs about advertising in general is measured with five, five-point Likert-type items.
Five, seven-point Likert-type items are used in this scale to measure a person's belief that a company really cares about people and is honest with its customers.
The veracity of the promotion about a brand is measured in this scale with three, five-point Likert-type items.
A customer's level of trust in a particular salesperson is measured with seven, seven-point Likert-type items.
A consumer's belief that a brand is dependable and has integrity is measured with eleven, seven-point items.
The degree to which a person views an advertisement as being truthful, impartial, and persuasive is measured with six, seven-point, uni-polar items.
The degree to which a customer is motivated to be honest in dealings with an organization and not take advantage of it is measured using three Likert-type items.
This scale is composed of four, seven-point Likert-type statements intended to measure a person's opinion of an endorser's honesty and dependability.
