A hierarchical structure of basic human values in a third-order confirmatory factor analysis

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 177-182

  Cieciuch, Jan ^a,b   Davidov, Eldad ^c   Vecchione, Michele ^d   Schwartz, Shalom H ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Basic human values; Hierarchical structure of values; Third order confirmatory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899841961     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000134     Document Type: Article

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