The Development and Validation of the Costs of United States Corporate Capitalism Scale

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dc.contributor.advisorShin, Richard Qen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Rajnien_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-22T05:42:42Z
dc.date.available2019-06-22T05:42:42Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractWithin the field of counseling psychology, which promotes values of social justice, the discussion of United States corporate capitalism (USCC) is limited. I provide evidence for the development and validation of the Costs of USCC Scale (CCC), a 24-item, self-report measure assessing the degree to which an individual attributes the cause of social problems in the U.S. to be structural (i.e. USCC) or individualistic (i.e. individual failure regarding work ethic, lack of motivation, effort, or ability). 1,010 individuals completed the CCC scale through an online survey distributed through MTurk. A three-factor structure emerged: a) USCC as Structural Cause of Costs, b) Individual Failure as Cause of Costs, c) Disagreement with Temporary Solutions to Costs. The CCC has acceptable criterion and discriminant validity, and reliability estimates for the full scale. Findings from this project may help inform future research on attitudes regarding USCC and their relationship with economic policy change.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/g646-qe2q
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22232
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCounseling psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledattributionsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbelief in a just worlden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcapitalismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledeconomic systemen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocial dominance orientationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocial inequalityen_US
dc.titleThe Development and Validation of the Costs of United States Corporate Capitalism Scaleen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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