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Values and Behavior: Validating of Refined ValuesTheory in Russia
Recent research introduced a refined theory of 19 basic values. This study was the first to assess the validity of the theory for predicting behavior, to extend it to Russia, and to present an improved values instrument. CFA demonstrated the distinctiveness of 19 value factors and of 19 behavior factors. MDS analyses indicated that these factors were largely arrayed on the circular motivational continuum of the theory. SEM analyses with the latent factors supported the validity of the theory: 18 values correlated more positively with the behaviors chosen a priori to express them than with any other behavior, and all values correlated negatively with behaviors chosen to express motivationally opposed values. Patterns of correlation among all the values and behaviors supported the idea that the motivational continuum that organizes value relations largely organizes relations among value-expressive behaviors. Differences in the relative strength of value-behavior relations are discussed.