TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural equivalence of the values domain across cultures
T2 - Distinguishing sampling fluctuations from meaningful variation
AU - Fontaine, Johnny R.J.
AU - Poortinga, Ype H.
AU - Delbeke, Luc
AU - Schwartz, Shalom H.
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - The authors examine the cross-cultural equivalence of the internal structure of the values domain, as measured by the Schwartz Value Survey. Data come from 38 countries, each represented by a student and a teacher sample. In seeking to distinguish lack of fit of the theorized value model from a lack of equivalence in the data and the impact of random sampling fluctuations from valid structural differences, the authors find the following: (a) The Schwartz value theory provides an excellent representation of the average value structure across samples; (b) sampling fluctuation causes deviations from this average structure; (c) sampling fluctuation cannot account for all these deviations; (d) samples of students fit the overall value structure better than samples of teachers, and samples from Western countries better than those from non-Western countries; and (e) the deviations from the average structure exhibit a systematic pattern: the higher the level of societal development of a country, the greater the contrast between protection and growth values.
AB - The authors examine the cross-cultural equivalence of the internal structure of the values domain, as measured by the Schwartz Value Survey. Data come from 38 countries, each represented by a student and a teacher sample. In seeking to distinguish lack of fit of the theorized value model from a lack of equivalence in the data and the impact of random sampling fluctuations from valid structural differences, the authors find the following: (a) The Schwartz value theory provides an excellent representation of the average value structure across samples; (b) sampling fluctuation causes deviations from this average structure; (c) sampling fluctuation cannot account for all these deviations; (d) samples of students fit the overall value structure better than samples of teachers, and samples from Western countries better than those from non-Western countries; and (e) the deviations from the average structure exhibit a systematic pattern: the higher the level of societal development of a country, the greater the contrast between protection and growth values.
KW - Schwartz Value Survey
KW - Structural equivalence
KW - Values
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=45149102436&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0022022108318112
DO - 10.1177/0022022108318112
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AN - SCOPUS:45149102436
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 39
SP - 345
EP - 365
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
IS - 4
ER -