Selfreport on 21 questions about materialistic 
attitudes and beliefs:
a.	I enjoy donating things for charity. 
b.	I enjoy sharing what I have. 
c.	I do not enjoy donating things to the needy. 
d.	I don't like to lend things, even to good friends. 
e.	When friends do better than me in competition it 
usually makes me feel happy for them. 
f.	I enjoy having people I like stay in my home. 
g.	When friends have things I cannot afford it bothers 
me. 
h.	I worry about people taking my possessions. 
i.	I don't mind giving rides to those who don't have a 
car. 
j.	I get very upset if something is stolen from me, 
even if it has little monetary value. 
k.	I don't like to have anyone in my home when l'm not 
there. 
l.	I don't get particularly upset when I lose things. 
m.	I am less likely than most people to lock things up. 

n.	I don't seem to get what is coming to me. 
o.	People who are very wealthy often feel they are too 
good to talk to average people. 
p.	If I have to choose between buying something for 
myself versus for someone I love, I would prefer buying 
for myself 
q.	I am bothered when I see people who buy anything 
they want. 
r.	There are certain people I would like to trade 
places with. 
s.	I like to collect things
t.	I have a lot of souvenirs, 
u.	I tend to hang on to things I should probably throw 
out

Rated by 5 Likert scale:
1-extremely important
..
5-no importance at all

Materialism Scale (Ger &Belk,1996)