1. Honor Scale in Romania: Psychometric Parameters and Associations to Human Values
- Author
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Ana Pascalau, Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho, Valdiney Veloso Gouveia, and Alin Gavreliuc
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Adult ,Male ,Adolescent ,Psychometrics ,Social Values ,050109 social psychology ,Human values ,050105 experimental psychology ,Young Adult ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Virtues ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Meaning (existential) ,General Psychology ,Aged ,Cultural Characteristics ,Romania ,05 social sciences ,Reproducibility of Results ,Middle Aged ,Honor ,Scale (social sciences) ,Female ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Construct (philosophy) ,Psychology ,Social psychology - Abstract
Honor is an important psychological construct that refers to one’s worth in one’s own eyes and in the eyes of others. A person's honor is dependent on implicit personal meaning, which leads the individual to behave in a way worthy of being valued and socially appreciated. In the present research, we aimed to provide psychometric evidence for the short version of the Honor Scale in the Romanian context. For that, one study was performed (N = 444). The four-dimensional structure of the measure was supported through Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and showed good reliability estimates. The measure also presented full factorial invariance across participants' gender, showing that these groups answer to the measure in a similar way and can be further compared in research. Finally, results indicated significant associations between the Honor Scale factors with human values and age. In sum, our findings suggest that the short version of the Honor Scale is psychometrically adequate to use in Romania.
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- 2020