Psychometric parameters of an abbreviated vengeance scale across two countries. (1st January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coelho, Gabriel L.H.; Monteiro, Renan P.; Hanel, Paul H.P.; Vilar, Roosevelt; Gouveia, Valdiney V.; Maio, Gregory R.
• Is Part Of: Personality and individual differences. Volume 120(2017)
• Page Start: 185
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2018-01-01
• Subjects: Vengeance -- Measurement -- Personality -- Validation -- Transcultural; Personality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Individuality -- Periodicals; Personality Development -- Periodicals; Personnalité -- Périodiques; Individualité -- Périodiques; 155.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-8869

Abstract

Abstract: 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. Highlights: Evidences of psychometric properties for the vengeance scale across two countries Factorial invariance of the measure, regarding participants' gender and country Correlations with different personality measures (e.g., Big-5, Big-6, Dark Triad)