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The Value Profile: A Factor Analytic Study of Value Statements *
Author(s) -
Bales Robert F.,
Couch Arthur S.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1969.tb00934.x
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , egalitarianism , social psychology , factor (programming language) , individualism , interpersonal communication , space (punctuation) , psychology , personality , sociology , r value (soils) , interpersonal relationship , mathematics , statistics , law , computer science , political science , structural engineering , subgrade , politics , programming language , engineering , operating system
The Value Profile is a general purpose inventory of values developed for use in research on interpersonal relations. Eight hundred and seventy‐two value statements were collected from tests of values, personality tests, theoretical treatments of values, and statements made by subjects in group discussions. A factor analysis of 143 items representing all value positions yielded four orthogonal factors: I, Acceptance of Authority; II, Need‐determined Expression vs. Value‐determined Restraint; III, Equalitarianism; and IV , Individualism. The underlying factor space seems to be congruent with that obtained by Morris, and others, and provides a means of relating existing theoretical classifications of value positions to each other.