| Meaning of money scale |
TRANSC (0.66) |
Positive meaning assigned to money in the broadest social context.
When associated with spirituality, money builds a better world,
generating social prosperity |
Livinstone and Lunt (1992), Tokunaga (1993), Hayhoe
et al., (1999), Norvilitis et
al., (2003), Stone and Maury (2006), Wang et
al., (2011), Moreira and Tamayo (1999) and Moreira
(2000) |
| INEQUALITY (0.84) |
Negative meaning assigned to money in
the broadest social context. |
| Money generates inequality, social exclusion and domination |
| HARMONY (0.83) |
Positive meaning assigned to money. Money brings happiness, joy,
wellbeing and harmony among people |
| CONFLICT (0.83) |
Negative meaning assigned to money in the context of interpersonal
relationships. Money generates disharmony and conflicts among
people |
| ALTRUISM (0.76) |
Personal altruistic and optimistic disposition regarding money in
interpersonal relationships. Using own money to fund science, culture,
arts and help people |
| SUFFERING (0.67) |
Personal difficulty dealing with money. Pessimistic and negative
feelings related to money, such as depression, anxiety and
impotence |
| MMSNEG (0.88) |
Negative meaning assigned to money (INEQUALITY + CONFLICT +
SUFFERING) |
| MMSPOS (0.84) |
Positive meaning assigned to money (TRANSC + HARMONY + ALTRUISM) |
| Self-efficacy |
SELFEFFICACY (0.81) |
Schwarzer’s (1992) General Self-Efficacy Scale, which proposes
measuring the belief that individuals have regarding their ability to
organize and perform actions required to handle a wide range of
challenging situations, including those in the future, in an effective
manner, that is, achieving specific goals proposed |
Tokunaga (1993), Mewse et al., (2010), Wang
et al., (2011), Nunes, Schwarzer and Jerusalem
(1999) e Medeiros (2006) |
| Locus of control (Lenvenson scale) |
INTER (0.68) |
Subscale Internality, which measures the degree to which individuals
believe they keep track of their lives |
Livinstone and Lunt (1992), Tokunaga (1993), Davies and
Lea (1995), Lea et al., (1995), Norvilitis et
al., (2003), Perry (2008) Mewse et al.,
(2010), Wang et al., (2011), Dela Coleta and Dela
Coleta (1997) and Medeiros (2006) |
| OPOWER(0.77) |
Subscale Other Powerful People, which measures the perception that
this control is in the hands of powerful people |
| CHANCE (0.74) |
Subscale Chance, which refers to the perception of being controlled
by chance, luck or fate |
| Optimism |
OPTIMISM (0.60) |
Life Orientation Test (LOT) proposed by Scheier et
al., (1994) which aims to measure the degree of favorable
expectations that people have about future events that will occur in
their lives |
Seaward and Kemp (1999), Mewse et al., (2010) and
Bandeira et al., (2002) |
| Self-esteem (Rosenberg scale) |
LOWSE (0.70) |
Subscale that seeks to obtain the degree of feeling of incompetence,
inadequacy in life and inability to overcome challenges |
Tokunaga (1993), Wang et al., (2011) and
Avanci et al., (2007) |
| HIGHSE (0.78) |
Subscale that seeks to express the degree of confidence and
competence |
| SELFESTEEM (0.81) |
Self-evaluation, expressing an attitude of approval or disgust of
oneself, including a self-judgment regarding competence and value
(LOWSE + HIGHSE) |
| Compulsive buying |
SCORECB (0.73) |
The Faber and O’Guinn Scale (1992) attempts to measure the tendency
to buy in a repetitive and chronic manner, which becomes a primary
response to negative events or feelings. Such purchases are likely to
be beyond needs and resources |
Boddington and Kemp (1999), Norvilitis et
al., (2006), Gadarsdóttir and Dittmar (2012) and Veludode-
Oliveira, Ikeda and Santos (2004) |
| CLASIFCB ( - ) |
= 1 if SCORECB ≤ - 1.34; = 0 otherwise |
