German–Dutch Comparison of Factors of Psycholexically Derived Values

Abstract

Two psycholexically based taxonomies of values found in Dutch and in German are compared, and a joint structure is presented. The datasets consisted of self- and other-ratings of 634 participants on 641 Dutch value descriptors and of self-ratings of 456 participants on 496 German value descriptors. For both taxonomies factor solutions with one up to 8 factors were extracted, and the hierarchy of the emergence of factors is given for each taxonomy. On the basis of 168 common items, congruencies are assessed between the original factors and as resulting from target rotations. Three different procedures are followed for the comparison, concluding in a recurrent 5-factor joint structure of values.