A three-item unipolar scale designed to measure a person's description of someone in terms of his/her apparent frugality and/or poverty.
7-point unipolar scale
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Reported alpha coefficients range from .73 to .84 across samples or studies. Formal validity assessment was not reported by the original authors.
Argo, Jennifer J. and Kelley J. Main (2008), “Stigma by Association in Coupon Redemption: Looking Cheap Because of Others,” Journal of Consumer Research, 35 (4), 559-572.
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