Authors: Toivo Aavik Henrik Dobewall
Publish Date: 2016/03/01
Volume: 131, Issue: 3, Pages: 1145-1162
Abstract
Schwartz et al J Pers Soc Psychol 1034663–688 2012 proposed a refined value theory Like earlier value inventories however their measure captures only one approach to health—avoidance of disease A broader measure to capture the full spectrum of the importance people place on health was developed which was based on the World Health Organization’s definition of health It includes the components of physical mental social and emotional health Research materials comprised the answers of 1818 Estonian onlinesurvey respondents and multidimensional scaling was used Association on the first two value dimensions showed that valuing health might be a consequence of different motivations Health values were further found to disperse on a third dimension which did not follow the conflicts and compatibilities ordering the original two value dimensions Taken together these findings indicate that health values operate in conjunction with other value types in guiding healthrelated attitudes intentions and behaviors and therefore potentially relate to objective and perceived health outcomesThe research project entitled “The Location of Health in a Refined Basic Individual Values Model and Testing the Model’s ThreeDimensionality” was supported by a Grant from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research PUT78 We thank Shalom H Schwartz for his helpful comments and for checking the translation and back translation into English We are also grateful to Beth Sullins and English Proofreading OÜ for proofreading/editing of this paper Henrik Dobewall was project manager at the Department of Psychology University of Tartu Estonia when the data were collected
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