Up: [[Compass]] Created: 2023-05-18 ### Caveat Be careful to look at values you actually have, not the ones you wish you had. If going for the aspirational ones, beliefs disconnect from actions and emotions. ## Standardized Assessments The first three are standardized assessments for evaluating core values that I found on the [Positive Psychology site](https://positivepsychology.com/values-questionnaire/) ### Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ) - Gives measures in 10 domains of living that includes, among others: family, spirituality, self-care, citizenship. - Was created by scientists working on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy because awareness of our values is important to self-acceptance and to a commitment to change what isn’t aligned. - High test-retest reliability, consistent validity - Measures not only which domains of values are most important to us, but how they’ve influenced our actions over the past week. - Self-scoreable, quick to use, 10 point Likert scale. - It’s a [two page printable form](https://www.div12.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Valued-Living-Questionnaire.pdf) , not very helpful to me. On one page you rank, for each of the ten domains, whether that domain is not at all important up to extremely important. And then on the second page you rank the same domains on a scale of how you’ve done the previous week — whether you’ve been behaving in a way not at all consistent with your value up to completely consistent with your value. - The positive contribution of this test is the idea of keeping weekly track of whether your actions have been inline with your values. ### Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) - Based on Schwartz’s theory of values developed in 2001. - Schwartz said there are ten values that influence our actions and these ten values can be organized into four domains ![[Four Domains Theory of Values Schwartz.webp]] - Assessments tell you which of the four domains has a predominant role in your life and gives suggestions for how to make the most of that domain. - There are four versions to the assessment: long-form (40 values), short-form (20 values), male, female - 6 point Likert scale ranging from “not at all like me” to “totally like me” - All versions valid and reliable and have been checked across cultures. One of the most universally accepted value assessment instruments. - PDF [version of the female assessment](https://datadatabase.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/schwartz-value-inventory.pdf) - I did the online short-form (20 statements) assessment [for free](https://discovermyprofile.com/feedback/pvq/64662d5440255600daf0b225) and found that my top value is Security (98%), followed by Conformity (94%) and Self-Direction (92%) Yeah, okay. It doesn’t give any more than that, no explanations or suggestions. - There is a much more involved one that provides a really [nice visual graph]([https://www.findyourvalues.com](https://www.findyourvalues.com/)) but it’s $20 Cdn. ### Personal Values Assessment (PVA) - 3 categories of values — personal (who we are, what we want, why we think the way we do); social (interpersonal bonds); universal (spiritual thought, cultural standards, overall acceptance of life experiences) - Order of responses chosen determines importance in our lives - Tries to assess underlying causes of our actions; evaluates how aligned we are to values at present - Self-assessment but is evaluated by the company at a [cost of $20 US](https://www.valuescentre.com/tools-assessments/pva/) - Online test takes 5-10 minutes to complete or there’s a short form list of values where you select your ten most important. - Some good questions to fill out in chart form: Choose three most important values of the 10. For each — Why do you believe this value is important to you? Recall a moment in your life when you really lived this value. What behaviours did you exhibit that support this value? How might you react if this value was not being honoured by others? Describe your feelings, thoughts, actions. - Then choose three values [from the list](https://www.valuescentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Example-PVA-Report-2.pdf) that you want to live more fully and for each: What behaviours or actions do you already demonstrate which support this intention? What could you stop doing to better support this value? What could you start doing to help you demonstrate this value more fully? ## A Couple of Non-Standardized Assessments ### Personal Values This assessment doesn’t meet the standards of reliability and validity, but it does give some [interesting information](https://personalvalu.es/results/8cd53bb9-cca0-4590-9289-3395355e103e) by getting the person to select ten or more values from an extensive and attractively designed set of cards and then, through a process of constant comparison, my top five values were determined from my initial list of 12 or more. For each of the top five there’s info about what it means, it’s strengths and its dangers. Here are [[My Top Five Values According to Personal Values Assessment]] The only downside is that I haven’t a clue who developed this. One of the pluses however is that I got a free wallpaper of my top five values without having to leave my name or sign up for anything. I was able to download straight from the site. ### Values Based Living This one simply involves going through and selecting all of the single word values terms that appeal and then getting a modified list of what you’ve selected over and over until, as you re-select in each round, you eventually get down to your top five. At that point you need to provide an email to get guidance on next steps. I did the assessment but found I was very much focused on what values I want to hold, not necessarily those I [do hold](https://values-basedliving.com/top_five_values_quiz/quiz.html)