Honor Scale: evidence on construct validity

Abstract

Honor is an important construct, mainly emphasized in collectivist cultures, such as Brazil. However, there is a lack of studies regarding honor in this cultural context. Therefore, the current research aims at proposing a short version of the Honor Scale (HS‐16) to the Brazilian context. Construct validity (i.e., factorial, convergent, and discriminant validity, as well as internal consistency and composite reliability) is reported in Studies 1 (n = 220) and 2 (n = 222), with participants from general population. In both studies, participants answered the Honor Scale and demographic questions. The authors find the HS‐16 to be a reliable and valid scale, thereby enabling its use in quantitative studies regarding the correlates of honor concerns.

Concepções da masculinidade: suas associações com os valores e a honra

“…Já a honra social ou integridade expressa uma interdependência entre o indivíduo e grupo social e envolve a reputação do indivíduo em qualquer relação interpessoal. A ênfase recai sobre a importância da harmonia nas relações sociais e do respeito aos outros (Guerra, Gouveia, Araújo, Andrade & Gaudêncio, 2013).…”

“…Os participantes foram solicitados a responder um questionário, formado pelos seguintes instrumentos: Guerra et al (2013), é composta por 16 itens divididos em quatro dimensões: honra da família (ex. : sua família tivesse má fama), honra social (ex.…”

Honor Scale: A Study for Reliability and Validity

“…They developed an Honor Scale (HS) to compare honor concern of participants in Spain (an honor culture) and Netherlands (where honor is of less central significance). Afterwards, Guerra, Gouveia, Araújo, Andrade, and Gaudêncio (2013) published a short version of the honor scale (16 items, 4 in each) in the Brazilian setting. In the literature, several other scales have been developed to measure honor concept, based on various aspects of the construct.…”

“…The original HS has been used in a number of studies. For example, Guerra et al (2013) suggested a short version of the Honor Scale (HS-16) in the Brazilian society. Van Osch, Breugelmans, Zeelenberg, and Bölük (2013) used only family honor and masculine honor items.…”

“…However, it should be noted that among those studies, none of them reported an exploratory factor analysis for the HS with all four factors. Only Guerra et al (2013) and Howell et al (2015) conducted confirmatory factor analysis. That is to say, to the best of our knowledge, the question of whether the items reveal indeed fourfactor honor structure has never been tested.…”