TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric parameters of an abbreviated vengeance scale across two countries
AU - Coelho, Gabriel L.H.
AU - Monteiro, Renan P.
AU - Hanel, Paul H.P.
AU - Gouveia, Valdiney V.
AU - Maio, Gregory
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - We propose a short and ultrashort version of the Vengeance Scale (Stuckless & Goranson, 1992). Across three samples, good psychometric properties and convergent validity for the new scales were found. Study 1 found in a Brazilian sample that the original 20 items can be reduced to both a 10 and 5 item version (VS-10 and VS-5), without losing psychometric quality. In Study 2, the one-factorial structure was confirmed in a Brazilian and a British sample. Also, (partial) measurement invariance was established across gender and countries for the VS-10, but not for the VS-5. Across both samples, the short-versions correlated as expected with the Big-5, Big-6, and Dark Triad. Overall, the 10- and 5-item versions of the vengeance scale exhibited comparable reliabilities and validities to the full version.
AB - We propose a short and ultrashort version of the Vengeance Scale (Stuckless & Goranson, 1992). Across three samples, good psychometric properties and convergent validity for the new scales were found. Study 1 found in a Brazilian sample that the original 20 items can be reduced to both a 10 and 5 item version (VS-10 and VS-5), without losing psychometric quality. In Study 2, the one-factorial structure was confirmed in a Brazilian and a British sample. Also, (partial) measurement invariance was established across gender and countries for the VS-10, but not for the VS-5. Across both samples, the short-versions correlated as expected with the Big-5, Big-6, and Dark Triad. Overall, the 10- and 5-item versions of the vengeance scale exhibited comparable reliabilities and validities to the full version.
KW - Measurement
KW - Personality
KW - Transcultural
KW - Validation
KW - Vengeance
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.042
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85033682793&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.042
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.042
M3 - Article
VL - 120
SP - 185
EP - 192
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
SN - 0191-8869
ER -