The Cross-National Invariance Properties of a New Scale to Measure 19 Basic Human Values: A Test Across Eight Countries

Jan Cieciuch, Eldad Davidov*, Michele Vecchione, Constanze Beierlein, Shalom H. Schwartz

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

76 Scopus citations

Abstract

Several studies that measured basic human values across countries with the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ-21) reported violations of measurement invariance. Such violations may hinder meaningful cross-cultural research on human values because value scores may not be comparable. Schwartzet al.proposed a refined value theory and a new instrument (PVQ-5X) to measure 19 more narrowly defined values. We tested the measurement invariance of this instrument across eight countries. Configural and metric invariance were established for all values across almost all countries. Scalar invariance was supported across nearly all countries for 10 values. The analyses revealed that the cross-country invariance properties of the values measured with the PVQ-5X are substantially better than those measured with the PVQ-21.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)764-776
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Volume45
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

Keywords

  • cross-national comparison
  • human values
  • measurement invariance
  • Portrait Values Questionnaire

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The Cross-National Invariance Properties of a New Scale to Measure 19 Basic Human Values: A Test Across Eight Countries'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this