McClosky and Schaar’s Anomy Scale (1965)
1. With everything so uncertain these days‚ it almost seems as though anything could happen.
2. What is lacking in the world today is the old kind of friendship that lasted for a lifetime.
3. With everything in such a state of disorder‚ it’s hard for a person to know where he stands from one day to the next.
4. Everything changes so quickly these days that I often have trouble deciding which are the right rules to follow.
5. I often feel that many things our parents stood for are just going to ruin before our very eyes.
6. The trouble with the world today is that most people really don’t believe in anything.
7. I often feel awkward and out of place.
8. People were better off in the old days when everyone knew just how he was expected to act.
9. It seems to me that other people find it easier to decide what is right than I do.
Revisiting the Measurement of Anomie
Ali Teymoori et al., 2016
Instruction: Think of ... society and indicate to what extent do you agree with the following statements.
Breakdown of social fabric
1. People think that there are no clear moral standards to follow.
2. Everyone thinks of himself/herself and does not help others in need
3. Most of people think that if something works, it doesn’t really matter whether it is right or wrong.
4. People do not know who they can trust and rely on.
5. Most of the people think that honesty doesn’t work all the time; dishonesty is sometimes a better approach to get ahead.
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Breakdown of leadership
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10. Politicians don’t care about the problems of average person.
11. The government laws and policies are ineffective.
12. Some laws are not fair.…
