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Extending the Cross-Cultural Validity of the Theory of Basic Human Values with a Different Method of Measurement

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, msshasch{at}mscc.huji.ac.il

Gila Melech

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Arielle Lehmann

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Steven Burgess

University of Cape Town

Mari Harris

Markinor (Pty.) Ltd.

Vicki Owens

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Several studies demonstrate that Schwartz’s (1992) theory of human values is valid in cultures previously beyond its range. We measured the 10 value constructs in the theory with the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ), a new and less abstract method. Analyses in representative samples in South Africa (n = 3,210) and Italy (n = 5,867) and in samples of 13- to 14-year-old Ugandan girls (n = 840) yielded structures of relations among values similar to the theoretical prototype. In an Israeli student sample (n = 200), the values exhibited convergent and discriminant validity when measured with the PVQ and with the standard value survey. Predicted relations of value priorities with a set of 10 background, personality, attitude, and behavioral variables in the four samples supported the construct validity of the values theory with an alternative method of measurement.

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