This inventory is a tool to examine how social class privilege, structural conditions, and interpretive beliefs shape your worldview and consulting stance. It integrates dimensions from the Social Class Worldview Model – Revised (SCWM-R) and the Privileged Social Class Attitudes Scale (PSCAS), along with new measures of class-based bias and privilege distortion.
The goal is not to assign judgment or identity labels. It is to surface how class narratives are internalized, how they inform emotional response, perceived responsibility, and consulting assumptions, and how they intersect with broader systems of inequality in sport and performance contexts.
You will respond to 36 statements using the following 7-point scale:
1 = Strongly Disagree 2 = Disagree 3 = Somewhat Disagree 4 = Neutral 5 = Somewhat Agree 6 = Agree 7 = Strongly Agree
After completing all items, your overall score will be calculated out of 252. Section averages will also be shown for reflection.
Some items are reverse-scored so that higher scores reflect stronger class consciousness.
1. I understand how my past, current, and aspirational class positions differ.
2. I have experienced real or perceived class mobility over my lifetime.
3. I regularly compare my class status to that of others around me.
4. I reflect on how my life experiences have shaped how I interpret my social class.
5. Social class affects people’s ability to succeed.
6. People in lower social classes do not have the same opportunities as people in higher social classes.
7. North America makes it easier for people from higher social classes to be successful.
8. People’s social class affects their opportunities, but there are still ways for everyone to be successful.
9. People in North America might be born with different opportunities, but hard work is still the greatest predictor of success.
10. If people work hard, they will be successful.
11. People are poor because they choose not to work.
12. People are poor because they are lazy.
13. People in lower social classes are not motivated to work hard.
14. I believe wealth is primarily earned through discipline and effort.
15. I rarely question my own financial security or how it was made possible.
16. I believe most people have similar access to success if they really try.
17. My social class is an important part of my identity.
18. My social class is part of who I am.
19. My social class is a central part of my identity.
20. I feel guilty about my social class status.
21. I am embarrassed about my social class privilege.
22. I feel uncomfortable about my social class status.
23. I feel fortunate to be a member of my social class group.
24. I feel blessed because of the social class I belong to.
25. I feel lucky to be in a higher social class.
26. I speak up in a group situation when I feel that someone is being classist.
27. I see it as my responsibility to address social class inequities.
28. I teach others about social class and classism.
29. I adapt my consulting practice based on what I know about a client’s structural access.
30. I make an effort to understand how class dynamics affect team or coaching culture.
31. I reflect on how my class position shows up in the language I use in professional spaces.
32. I sometimes assume others had similar access or stability to mine.
33. I struggle to recognize when class-based bias is operating in my environment.
34. I feel frustrated or confused when people “don’t know” basic professional etiquette.
35. I sometimes judge others’ decisions without understanding their class constraints.
36. I rarely consider how my upbringing might make me less aware of others’ structural barriers.
Please answer every question before submitting.
TOTAL SCORE
1. What thought or reaction did you have while completing the inventory that made you uncomfortable or that you would not want others to know? What does that discomfort reveal about the stories you have inherited or internalized about class, success, or worth?
2. In what ways does your current class position allow you to avoid noticing or addressing certain realities in your daily life?
3. How might this comfort or distance influence how you interpret clients’ challenges, motivations, or needs?
