This scale assesses how concerned a person feels about the prospect of a specific food item going to waste. van Lin and colleagues (2023) appear to have developed the scale for a study of retailer price promotions and household food waste.
100-point slider scale, e.g., not concerned at all (0) to extremely concerned (100)
Full scale items shown. Always cite the original source when using this scale in research.
Reliability was good to excellent across two samples (α = .86 in a Dutch experiment and α = .92 in a UK supplementary experiment; van Lin et al. 2023, p. 675; Web Appendix F, p. 31). Validity was not discussed. Fill each blank with the name of the specific food item.
van Lin, Arjen, Aylin Aydinli, Marco Bertini, Erica van Herpen, and Julia von Schuckmann (2023), "Does Cash Really Mean Trash? An Empirical Investigation into the Effect of Retailer Price Promotions on Household Food Waste," Journal of Consumer Research, 50 (4), 663–682.
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