Psychometric Properties of Romanian Version of the Ethical Values Assessment Questionnaire (EVA, EVA - SF)

Abstract

The objective of the present research is to translate and adapt The Ethical Values Assessment Questionnaire (EVA, EVA - SF) to the Romanian population. EVA is a self-assessment questionnaire with two versions (EVA, EVA – SF), 18 - items version (EVA) and a short version (EVA-SF) with 12-items used to assess the three ethics (divinity, community, autonomy). A total of 201 participants, aged between 18 - 77 years, completed a socio-demographic data sheet and the The Ethical Values Assessment Questionnaire (EVA, EVA - SF). Was obtained a high internal consistency for all the scale of the instrument, with a Cronbach's alpha coefficients between .62 to .95. Also was evaluated (EFA) Exploratory factor analysis and (CFA) Confirmatory factor analysis. The results indicate that the Romanian version of The Ethical Values Assessment Questionnaire (EVA, EVA - SF) has good psychometric properties, being a suitable instrument for the assessment the three ethics (divinity, community, autonomy).

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“…EVA is available in both long and short versions. The questionnaire was translated and adapted on the Romanian population (Nicoara et al, 2023), in the present research was obtained a Cronbach Alpha coefficient α=.97.…”