Analysis

The Mode Values Inventory (MVI-51) is an assessment instrument designed to examine personal values and the fundamental value orientations that influence how individuals perceive themselves, their relationships, and their broader social environment. The study of human values represents an important field within social and organizational psychology, as values function as relatively stable guiding principles that influence attitudes, choices, goals, and behavior.

The MVI-51 consists of 51 items, through which respondents evaluate the importance they attribute to different values. This approach enables researchers to explore the relative priority individuals assign to various value orientations and to develop a broader profile of their personal value system.

The assessment of values can be applied across several research areas, including personality, organizational behavior, professional development, decision-making, and the investigation of individual differences. It may also contribute to examining relationships between personal values and variables such as job satisfaction, motivation, self-efficacy, and personal or professional goal orientation.

Objective

The primary objective of the MVI-51 is to systematically assess the importance individuals attribute to different human values. Through this evaluation, researchers can investigate an individual’s value structure and examine how personal priorities may be associated with attitudes, choices, goals, and behaviors.

In research settings, MVI-51 data may be used to investigate individual differences, compare population groups, and explore potential associations between values and psychological, social, educational, or occupational variables.

Scoring

The MVI-51 consists of 51 items, which are rated using a 7-point scale:

1 = I reject it
2 = I tend to reject it
3 = I neither reject nor accept it
4 = I tend to accept it
5 = I accept it as important
6 = I accept it as very important
7 = I accept it as extremely important

Higher scores indicate greater importance or stronger acceptance of the corresponding value. Interpretation of individual scores should follow the established structure and scoring instructions of the specific version of the instrument being administered.

Statistical Analysis

Data obtained from the MVI-51 can be analyzed using descriptive statistics, including the mean, standard deviation, median, and range. Depending on the research design and the documented structure of the instrument, researchers may also examine internal consistency, factor structure, and associations between MVI-51 dimensions and other psychological, social, demographic, educational, or occupational variables.

Psychometric analyses should be selected according to the documented structure of the specific version of the MVI-51 and the characteristics of the study population.

References

Braithwaite, V. A., & Law, H. G. (1985). Structure of human values: Testing the adequacy of the Rokeach Value Survey. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 250–263.

Gore, T. J. (2014). Goal orientations and self-efficacy interactions on self-set goal level [Master’s thesis, Wright State University].