DrFreeman

That is totally fine and also the intention of the scale (non-gamblers will select "never"). Just in case you are interested in the topic, just google "PGSI" and you will find more details thereto. I try to avoid mentioning details of the survey here to prevent any possible influences to the ones who have not participated yet.

@CollectForFun I see your point which is definitely valid. However, I use established scales for several reasons (e.g. the ones I use are researched and used over years and tested in terms of validity & reliability; using well established scales allows for comparability with other studies; etc.). Altering scales may have benefits, but definitely has downsides as well which I aim to avoid. Anyways, thanks for your feedback and your help! 😃

First of all, thank you very much for participating, I really appreciate it! 😃 Regarding your question, neither the survey nor myself are in any connection with any company, dealers or anything else. I do collect the (anonymous) data solely for the purpose of my master's thesis and the data will not be provided to anyone. I hope this answers your questions, otherwise please feel free to reply. Greetings from Vienna!

Dear community, I am currently writing my master's thesis at the University of Vienna about the effect of psychological characteristics on investment decisions (where gold plays a major role) and I am looking for participants for my online survey. You would do me a huge favor if you could spend 5 min of your valuable time and participate in my study: https://sosci.univie.ac.at/master_thesis/ Of course, the data will be collected anonymously. If you are interested in the final results of the study you can optionally provide your mail address at the end. Many thanks in advance! 😃 PS.: I hope this is not considered as spam by moderators. If yes, it would be great to work out a solution without getting banned.