TY - JOUR
T1 - The Cross-National Invariance Properties of a New Scale to Measure 19 Basic Human Values
T2 - A Test Across Eight Countries
AU - Cieciuch, Jan
AU - Davidov, Eldad
AU - Vecchione, Michele
AU - Beierlein, Constanze
AU - Schwartz, Shalom H.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - cross-national comparison
KW - human values
KW - measurement invariance
KW - Portrait Values Questionnaire
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899863062&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0022022114527348
DO - 10.1177/0022022114527348
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AN - SCOPUS:84899863062
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 45
SP - 764
EP - 776
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
IS - 5
ER -