TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seewann, Lena
A1  - Verwiebe, Roland
T1  - How do people interpret the value concept?
T2  - Journal of beliefs and values
N2  - Value research has a long and extensive history of theoretical definitions and empirical investigations using large scale quantitative surveys. However, the way the general population understands, defines, and relates to the concept of values, and how these views vary across individuals is seldom addressed. The present study examined subjective interpretations of the term through focus group interviews, and reports on the development of a Value Conceptualisation Scale (VCS) that distinguishes six dimensions of different views on values: normativity, relevance, validity, stability, consistency, and awareness. Focus group interviews (n = 38) as well as several surveys (n = 100, n = 1519, n = 903, n = 94) were used to develop, refine, and test the scale in terms of response variety, temporal stability, as well as convergent and discriminant validity. These systematic results show that views on values do indeed vary significantly between participants. Correlations with dogmatism, preference for consistency, and metacognition were found for corresponding dimensions. The VCS provides an original measure, which enables future research to explore this variation on the conceptualisation of values.
KW  - Human values
KW  - scale development
KW  - mixed methods
KW  - focus group
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56478
SN  - 1469-9362
SN  - 1361-7672
VL  - 41
IS  - 6
SP  - 419
EP  - 432
PB  - Routledge
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -