This review summarizes the current state of the art of statistical and (survey) methodological
research on measurement (non) invariance, which is considered a core challenge for the …

The construct of values is central to many fields in the social sciences and humanities. The
last two decades have seen a growing body of psychological research that investigates the …

Researchers around the world are applying the recently revised Portrait Value
Questionnaire (PVQ-RR) to measure the 19 values in Schwartz's refined values theory. We …

Four human values are considered to underlie individuals' environmental beliefs and
behaviors: biospheric (ie, concern for environment), altruistic (ie, concern for others), egoistic …

How do consumers make purchase decisions for novel food products? This research
demonstrates the importance of supermarket credibility as a heuristic cue influencing …

Objective Value change stability was examined in a longitudinal sample of Jewish and Arab
Israeli adolescents. Method Adolescents (N= 520; 55.4% girls; Mage= 13.76, SD= 0.52, at …

Why do consumers make different decisions even when socioeconomic conditions are
similar? The present article examines the effects of human values—as formulations of …

Comparisons of means or associations between theoretical constructs of interest in cross-
national comparative research assume measurement invariance, that is, that the same …

Measurement invariance is a statistical property of an instrument (eg, a test or questionnaire)
indicating that it measures the same construct (s) in the same way across subgroups of …

The relevance of human values for the study of the motivational sources of interpersonal
violent behavior was investigated in various fields of the social sciences. However, several …