A Brief Inventory of Values

The authors present a brief inventory derived from Schwartz's 56-item instrument measuring the structure and content of human values. The inventory's four 3-item scales, measuring the major clusters called Self-Transcendence, Self-Enhancement, Openness to Change, and Conservation (or Tradi...

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Published in:Educational and psychological measurement 1998-12, Vol.58 (6), p.984-1001
Main Authors: Stern, Paul C., Dietz, Thomas, Guagnano, Gregory A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Altruism
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Intention
Measurement
Personality
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Sociometry
Reliability
Resistance (Psychology)
Scores
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Self-realization
Social Psychology
Teaching Methods
Telephone Surveys
Test Construction
Test Format
Test Length
Test Use
Values
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Summary:The authors present a brief inventory derived from Schwartz's 56-item instrument measuring the structure and content of human values. The inventory's four 3-item scales, measuring the major clusters called Self-Transcendence, Self-Enhancement, Openness to Change, and Conservation (or Traditional) values, all produce scores with acceptable reliability in two studies of pro-environmental attitudes and actions, and the brief inventory predicts those indicators nearly as well as much longer ones. The authors also present subscales of biospheric and altruistic values that can be used to assess whether Self-Transcendence values are differentiated in this way in special samples such as environmental activists. The brief inventory is suitable for use in survey research and other settings in which the longer instrument might be impractical.
ISSN:0013-1644
1552-3888
DOI:10.1177/0013164498058006008