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The Short Maximization Inventory

Authors

ĎURINÍK Michal PROCHÁZKA Jakub CÍGLER Hynek

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Judgment and Decision Making
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web full-text (online)
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1930297500008871
Field Economy
Keywords maximization; Maximization Inventory; scale shortening; Short Maximization Inventory
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Description We developed the Short Maximization Inventory (SMI) by shortening the M aximization Inventory (Turner, Rim, Betz & Nygren, 2012) from 34 items to 15 items. Using the Item Response Theory framework, we identified and removed the items of the Maximization Inventory that contributed least to the performance of the original scale. The construct validity assessed for SMI is similar to the full MI and is in line with the predictions from the literature: the Satisficing subscale is positively related to the indices of well-being, while the Decision Difficulty and Alternative Search subscales are negatively related to well-being. The new scale retains the good psychometric properties of the original scale. Furthermore, its brevity allows researchers to use the scale in studies in which maximization is not the primary focus. Although the SMI lacks the “High Standards” subscale, as did the original MI, we believe that SMI is a step towards developing a reliable and conceptually sound measure of maximizing that can be used in various research designs.
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