State Power Distance Belief Scale

What it measures

Measures the extent to which a person endorses social hierarchy over social equality at a specific point in time. The scale captures momentarily activated beliefs about whether power disparities among people are acceptable and expected, rather than measuring power distance as a stable personality trait or cultural value. Items are sentence-completion stems paired with a response scale anchored by social hierarchy at one end and social equality at the other.

Representative items

• For the time being, I mainly think that:
• At this moment, I feel that:

Citation

Zhang, Y., Winterich, K.P., & Mittal, V. (2010). Power distance belief and impulsive buying. Journal of Marketing Research, 47(5), 945-954.