Worldview Assessment Instrument Scales, M.

Koltko-Rivera, 2004
Instructions: This is a survey of attitudes. There are no right or wrong answers. The best answer is what you you
feel is true for you. Please respond to each of the items by CIRCLING one and only one of the following:
Disagree Disagree Disagree a Agree Agree
Cannot Say Agree a Bit ??
Strongly Moderately Bit Moderately Strongly
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Mark "??" if you do not understand what the item means. Mark "Cannot Say" if you cannot decide whether you
agree or disagree with the item. Please try to use the "Cannot Say" response as little as possible. Please respond
as quickly as possible to each item. Don't think a lot about each item — what first comes to mind is how you
should respond. Please work alone on this survey.
Some social groups can keep people down no matter how much the people
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want to succeed.
2 My country's needs come before my own. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
3 There is a real spiritual realm that affects our life in this world. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
If you work hard and manage your money well, you'll never have to worry
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about being poor.
5 Free will is part of human nature. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
6 My neighborhood's needs come before my own. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
A teacher should set rules in class rather than decide them along with the
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students.
8 Prejudice keeps many people from getting a job. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
9 The feeling that we have personal choice is actually just an illusion. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
Older people must take care of themselves; I've got to look out for Number
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One.
11 A person's character cannot be altered, tampered with, or changed. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
12 When we die, we die; there is no continued existence. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
13 People only believe in "free will" because they are taught to believe in it. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
My own goals are more important than the goals of my group, at work,
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school, or in my community.
At home, important decisions should be made by the parents and children
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together.
16 There is only matter; there is no substance such as 'spirit.' -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
If people really want to succeed, they'll overcome any kind of
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discrimination.
18 My family's needs come before my own. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
19 Even a lot of bad friends cannot change a basically good child for long. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
20 Nothing is really 'dead': spirit infuses everything and everyone. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
21 Poor people can justly blame society for their position in life. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
22 People really have "free will" in making choices for their lives. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
At work, managers and workers should work together to make important
23 business decisions. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??

24 People can actually receive revelation or visions from the spiritual realm. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
25 When poor people do drugs, it is because society has made them desperate. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
In a company, it is better to contribute to the overall performance of one's
26 department rather than to just further one's career. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??

27 Poor people can justly blame rich people for their position in life. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
28 Prayer may make someone feel good, but otherwise it is pointless. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
29 Unemployment exists because some people don't want to work. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
 Disagree Disagree Disagree a Agree Agree
Cannot Say Agree a Bit ??
Strongly Moderately Bit Moderately Strongly
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30 It may take a lot of effort, but a person can decide to change even a very
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old habit.
31 What I think I should do is more important to me than what the leaders of
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my spiritual community think I should do.
32 Even 'brainwashing' or torture cannot really change someone's basic
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character.
33 When poor people do drugs, it's because they don't want to improve
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themselves.
34 Human beings are like computers: controlled by their programming, and
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without real choice.
35 My first allegiance is to myself, rather than to anyone or anything else. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
36 It is important for twelve-year-old children to obey their parents'
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directions without dispute.
37 There is no such thing as an 'ultimate' or spiritual reality beyond everyday
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life.
38 The idea of "free will" is a joke: there is no such thing. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
39 As an employee, the company's needs come before my own. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
40 The important decisions in a family should be made by the patents alone,
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rather than deciding along with the children.
41 Some people possess actual spiritual powers like healing and being able
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to foresee the future.
42 People drop out of high school because of racism and prejudice in the
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school system.
43 I would donate my recreational spending money for one month if the
head of my religious congregation asked for a donation for necessary -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
repairs to our house of worship.
44 A basically kind, optimistic person will remain that way, even after
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surviving a hostage experience.
45 When people say they feel joy through spiritual experiences, this is just
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the power of suggestion.
46 A shift in company policies can make even a hard-working person
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unemployed and poor.
47 Teachers and students should work together to compose classroom rules. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
48 No other group of people can keep you down if you are determined to
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succeed.
49 We can receive messages from spirits. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
50 Anyone who really wants to work can get a job. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
51 People can decide to live differently than any way they have ever been
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taught.
52 I value my own freedom above even my family relationships. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 ??
53 Anyone who really values education will be sure to graduate from high
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school, at least.
54 I would rather spend time working on my own projects than serve on the
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local community board for free.