Bringing values back in - The adequacy of the European Social Survey to measure values in 20 countries
Bringing values back in - The adequacy of the European Social Survey to measure values in 20 countries
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DOI：
10.1093/poq/nfn035
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Schwartz, Shalom H.
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作者：
Davidov, Eldad;Schmidt, Peter;Schwartz, Shalom H.
Schwartz（1992）的人类基本价值理论促进了价值实证研究的复兴。半年度的欧洲社会调查（ESS）包括一个新的21项工具，以衡量该理论的10个基本价值观的重要性。2002- 2003年，20个国家的代表性国家样本对该文书作出了答复。我们简要介绍了理论和ESS工具，并评估其是否足以衡量各国的价值观。使用多组验证性因素分析，增加了平均结构信息，我们评估的结构和测量（度量）不变的价值结构和标量不变的意义等价的必要条件的先决条件比较价值的前提条件，在各国。只有建立了这种对等关系，研究人员才能对价值优先事项及其相关因素进行有意义的、可明确解释的跨国比较。ESS价值观量表显示了结构和度量的不变性，允许研究人员使用它来研究各国价值观，态度，行为和社会人口特征之间的关系。只有在标量不变性成立的国家子集中，才有可能比较不同国家的值的平均重要性。
The Schwartz (1992) theory of basic human values has promoted a revival of empirical research on values. The semi-annual European Social Survey (ESS) includes a new 21-item instrument to measure the importance of the 10 basic values of the theory. Representative national samples in 20 countries responded to the instrument in 2002-3. We briefly describe the theory and the ESS instrument and assess its adequacy for measuring values across ountries. Using multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses, augmented with mean-structure information, we assess the configural and measurement (metric) invariance of the values-necessary conditions for equivalence of the meaning of constructs and scalar invariance-a precondition for comparing value means across countries. Only if such equivalence is established can researchers make meaningful and clearly interpretable cross-national comparisons of value priorities and their correlates. The ESS values scale demonstrates configural and metric invariance, allowing researchers to use it to study relationships among values, attitudes, behavior and socio-demographic characteristics across countries. Comparing the mean importance of values across countries is possible only for subsets of countries where scalar invariance holds.