Action Inaction scales
The scale
Belief in Action
- Action is important in people's lives.
- Being active all the time can lead to sickness. (R)
- Action is essential for life.
- The pressure to do things makes people do bad things. (R)
- Action leads to burnout. (R)
- Active human beings are what societies need.
- Actions contribute to society.
- Being active makes people happy.
Belief in Inaction
- Inaction is important in people's lives.
- Being inactive is morally questionable. (R)
- Inaction is necessary in one’s life.
- Inaction is the source of many evils. (R)
- Relaxing decreases your productivity.
- Being inactive makes you lazy. (R)
- Being inactive makes you thoughtful.
- Inaction offers no contribution to society. (R)
- Inaction offers many benefits.
- Being relaxed makes people happy.
Attitudes in Action
- I am often interested in finding ways to act.
- I would rather engage in activities than do nothing.
- Being active is pleasant.
- Action is good.
- Being active is unpleasant.(R)
- Action is bad. (R)
- Being always “on the go” is bad. (R)
Attitudes in Inaction
- I am often interested in finding ways to relax.
- I would rather enjoy peace and quiet than have to do things.
- Being inactive is pleasant.
- Inaction is good.
- Being inactive is unpleasant. (R)
- Inaction is bad.
- Being laid back most of the time is problematic. (R)
SPSS Syntax
Taken from the cross-cultural dataset syntax, based on an order of items from this file :
COMPUTE BeliefAc = MEAN(pa16, 8 - pa31, pa33, 8 - pa35, 8 - pa37, pa41, pa43, pa46) . EXECUTE . variable labels BeliefAc "Belief in Action". RELIABILITY /VARIABLES=pa16, pa31, pa33, pa35, pa37, pa41, pa43, pa46 /SCALE('BeliefAc') ALL /MODEL=ALPHA /STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE /SUMMARY=TOTAL. FACTOR /VARIABLES pa16, pa31, pa33, pa35, pa37, pa41, pa43, pa46 /MISSING LISTWISE /ANALYSIS pa16, pa31, pa33, pa35, pa37, pa41, pa43, pa46 /PRINT INITIAL EXTRACTION ROTATION /PLOT EIGEN ROTATION /CRITERIA MINEIGEN(1) ITERATE(25) /EXTRACTION ML /CRITERIA ITERATE(25) /ROTATION VARIMAX. COMPUTE Actionvalue = MEAN(pa16, pa33, pa41, pa43, pa46) . EXECUTE . variable labels Actionvalue "Action is important". RELIABILITY /VARIABLES=pa16, pa33, pa41, pa43, pa46 /SCALE('BeliefAc') ALL /MODEL=ALPHA /STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE /SUMMARY=TOTAL. *Belief in Inaction, higher score = more positive beliefs*. COMPUTE BeliefIn = MEAN(pa17, 8 - pa30, pa32, 8 - pa34, 8 - pa36, 8 - pa38, pa39,8 - pa40, pa42, pa47) . EXECUTE . variable labels BeliefIn "Belief in Inaction". FACTOR /VARIABLES pa17, pa30, pa32, pa34, pa36, pa38, pa39, pa40, pa42, pa47 /MISSING LISTWISE /ANALYSIS pa17, pa30, pa32, pa34, pa36, pa38, pa39, pa40, pa42, pa47 /PRINT INITIAL EXTRACTION ROTATION /PLOT EIGEN ROTATION /CRITERIA FACTORS(2) ITERATE(25) /EXTRACTION ML /CRITERIA ITERATE(25) /ROTATION VARIMAX. COMPUTE Inactionvalue = MEAN(pa17, pa32, pa42) . EXECUTE . variable labels Inactionvalue "Inaction is important". RELIABILITY /VARIABLES=pa17, pa32, pa42 /SCALE('BeliefAc') ALL /MODEL=ALPHA /STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE /SUMMARY=TOTAL. *Attitudes in Action, higher score = more positive attitude*. COMPUTE AttituAc = MEAN(pa18,pa21,pa23,pa24,8 - pa27, 8 - pa28, 8 - pa44). EXECUTE . variable labels AttituAc "Attitudes in Action". *Attitudes in Inaction, higher score = more positive attitude* COMPUTE AttituIn = MEAN(pa19, pa20, pa22, pa25, 8 - pa26,8 - pa29, 8 - pa45). EXECUTE. variable labels AttituIn "Attitudes in Inaction".