Values scales
<p>Jul 07, 2011 11:53 AM
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<b>Values scales are psychological inventories used to determine the values that people endorse in their lives.</b> 
 
They facilitate the understanding of both work and general <a class="mw-redirect" title="Values" href="/wiki/Values">values</a> that individuals uphold. In addition, they assess the <b>importance of each value in people’s lives and how the individual strives toward fulfillment </b>through work and other life roles, such as parenting.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup> Most scales have been normalized and can therefore be used cross-culturally for <a class="mw-redirect" title="Vocational" href="/wiki/Vocational">vocational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marketing">marketing</a>, and <a class="mw-redirect" title="Counseling" href="/wiki/Counseling">counseling</a> purposes, yielding unbiased results.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1985_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1985-1">[2]</a></sup> Values scales are used by <a class="mw-redirect" title="Psychologists" href="/wiki/Psychologists">psychologists</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Political scientists" href="/wiki/Political_scientists">political scientists</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Economists" href="/wiki/Economists">economists</a>, and others interested in defining values, 
<b>determining what people value, and evaluating the ultimate function or purpose of values</b>.
 
Development:  measured the following values:
 
ability utilization, achievement, advancement, <a href="/wiki/Aesthetics">aesthetics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Altruism">altruism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Authority">authority</a>, <a href="/wiki/Autonomy">autonomy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creativity">creativity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cultural_identity">cultural identity</a>, 
economic rewards, economic security, life style, personal development, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Physical activity" href="/wiki/Physical_activity">physical activity</a>, physical prowess,
 <a href="/wiki/Prestige">prestige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risk">risk</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Social interaction" href="/wiki/Social_interaction">social interaction</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Social relations" href="/wiki/Social_relations">social relations</a>, variety, and <a class="mw-redirect" title="Working conditions" href="/wiki/Working_conditions">working conditions</a>
 
CREATIVITY:  MONEY;  Life STYLE:  Physical stuff;  Prestige; Social interaction; Variety;  Working conditions;
aesthetics;
 
self-respect on the upswing; belonging on the downswing;
 
Milton Rokeach:
 
 
 
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