Be Our Guest: The Development of the Interpersonal Hospitality Scale

Despite the ubiquity of hosting others in one's home, no validated measure of domestic hospitality currently exists. To address this gap, the current paper presents a set of four studies that develop and validate the Interpersonal Hospitality Scale, which seeks to capture the affective, motivat...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2023-03, Vol.105 (2), p.203-214
Main Authors: Meagher, Benjamin R., Cook, Jaidyn, Silver, Shanti C., Van Doosselaere, Mathilde, Wint, Joseph I., Zheng, Xinjie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Home environment
Humans
Immigration
Imposition
Psychometrics
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Social Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Despite the ubiquity of hosting others in one's home, no validated measure of domestic hospitality currently exists. To address this gap, the current paper presents a set of four studies that develop and validate the Interpersonal Hospitality Scale, which seeks to capture the affective, motivational, and behavioral components of this person-place construct. The 12-item scale assesses three core dimensions: responsibility for guests, welcomingness, and a lack of perceived imposition. The analyses reported here provide support for the psychometric adequacy of this new scale, demonstrating strong internal reliability and a consistent factor structure. Moreover, this trait was found to be a unique predictor of several theoretically related constructs, including one's desired home ambiance, attitudes toward immigration, and willingness/likelihood of hosting others in need. This scale offers a much-needed means of measuring one important aspect of how people conceptualize their home environment relative to others.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223891.2022.2052302