Ad Message Abstractness

Ad Message Abstractness (High Construal Level Ad)
3 items 2022 α 0.82 Free Shani-Feinstein, Y., Kyung, E.J., & Goldenberg, J.

What it measures

The scale gauges how much an advertisement is perceived to describe the general benefits and reasons for using a product, as opposed to specific usage instructions. Shani-Feinstein, Kyung, and Goldenberg (2022) used it in pretests for two experiments, adapting a high-construal-level-ad measure from Han, Duhachek, and Agrawal (2016).

Response format

9-point Likert (1=strongly disagree, 9=strongly agree)

Scale items

Full scale items shown. Always cite the original source when using this scale in research.

Usage notes & scoring

In the pretest of Experiment 5, the scale showed good reliability (α = .82; Shani-Feinstein, Kyung, and Goldenberg 2022, Web Appendix, p. 30); the alpha from the Experiment 6 pretest was not reported. Validity was not separately discussed. The blank in each item is filled with the name of the focal good or service.

Citation

Shani-Feinstein, Yael, Ellie J. Kyung, and Jacob Goldenberg (2022), "Moving, Fast or Slow: How Perceived Speed Influences Mental Representation and Decision Making," Journal of Consumer Research, 49 (3), 520–554.

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Keywords

#advertising#construallevel#messageframing#abstractness

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