Study: Developing and Testing a Scale to Measure Need for Drama

I pictured a man, standing on a physical scale, with an analog arrow indicator swaying back and forth, gradually settling on the bold black words: NO DRAMA

Can't read the full article for free, but I expect their measurement techniques are tautological. It's the reification fallacy -- create a measurement, redefine the term as that measurement, then conflate the measurement with the original meaning of the term.

Ah, this seems very interesting, but I am sadly not sure I would pay $35.95 for access.