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The scale measures the degree to which a person’s motivation with regard to self-improvement is more about accomplishing a goal rather than the activities performed to reach it. Five, nine-point Likert-type items compose the scale.
Using five, nine-point items, the scale measures how much a person’s motivation with regard to self-improvement depends more on the activities performed along the way than reaching the goal itself.
With four, seven-point items, the scale measures how much better the most recent model of a brand is compared to previous models.
This scale has six, seven-point Likert-type items that measure a person’s belief that people can make a new beginning with hope of a better life, despite his/her past or present circumstances.
With four, five-point Likert-type items, the scale measures the degree to which a customer provides feedback to a company about his/her experiences brand’s products in order to help improve them or have new ones created. The implication in the sentences is that this behavior is ongoing rather than a one-time event.
Using three, seven-point Likert-type items, the scale measures the degree to which a person believes a particular company spends money on “social responsibility” activities in order to improve its own reputation.
A person’s motivation to increase his/her social status is measured in this scale with four, seven-point Likert-like items.
The anticipated level of improvement (or lack thereof) in one’s performance of a certain activity from the use of a particular product is measured with three, seven-point items.
With four, seven-point Likert-type items, the scale measures a person’s general motivation to do better and succeed.
The degree to which a person believes that people have a lot of control over their athletic abilities and performance is measured with three, seven-point Likert-type items.
