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Psychological Assessment | 2012

The positivity scale.

Gian Vittorio Caprara; Guido Alessandri; Nancy Eisenberg; Anne Kupfer; Patrizia Steca; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Susumu Yamaguchi; Ai Fukuzawa; John R. Z. Abela

Five studies document the validity of a new 8-item scale designed to measure positivity, defined as the tendency to view life and experiences with a positive outlook. In the first study (N = 372), the psychometric properties of Positivity Scale (P Scale) were examined in accordance with classical test theory using a large number of college participants. In Study 2, the unidimensionality of the P Scale was corroborated with confirmatory factor analysis in 2 independent samples (N₁ = 322; N₂ = 457). In Study 3, P Scale invariance across sexes and its relations with self-esteem, life satisfaction, optimism, positive negative affect, depression, and the Big Five provided further evidence of the internal and construct validity of the new measure in a large community sample (N = 3,589). In Study 4, test-retest reliability of the P Scale was found in a sample of college students (N = 262) who were readministered the scale after 5 weeks. In Study 5, measurement invariance and construct validity of P Scale were further supported across samples in different countries and cultures, including Italy (N = 689), the United States (N = 1,187), Japan (N = 281), and Spain (N = 302). Psychometric findings across diverse cultural context attest to the robustness of the P Scale and to positivity as a basic disposition.


European Journal of Personality | 2013

Individual differences in personality conducive to engagement in aggression and violence

Gian Vittorio Caprara; Guido Alessandri; Marie S. Tisak; Marinella Paciello; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Maria Gerbino; Reid Griffith Fontaine

This paper examined empirically the value of a conceptual model in which emotional stability and agreeableness contribute to engagement in aggression and violence (EAV) indirectly through irritability, hostile rumination and moral disengagement. Three hundred and forty young adults (130 male and 190 female) participated in the study. The average age of participants was 21 at time 1 and 25 at time 2. Findings attested to the role of basic traits (i.e. agreeableness and emotional stability) and specific personality dispositions (i.e. irritability and hostile rumination) in predisposing to EAV and to the pivotal role of moral disengagement in giving access to aggressive and violent conduct. In particular, the mediational model attested to the pivotal role of emotional stability and agreeableness in contributing directly to both hostile rumination and irritability and indirectly to moral disengagement, and to EAV. Agreeableness and hostile rumination contribute to moral disengagement that plays a key role in mediating the relations of all examined variables with EAV. Copyright


Cross-Cultural Research | 2014

The Perceived Political Self-Efficacy Scale–Short Form (PPSE-S) A Validation Study in Three Mediterranean Countries

Michele Vecchione; Gian Vittorio Caprara; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Guido Alessandri; Carmen Tabernero; José Luis González‐Castro

The present study aims to develop a short form of the Perceived Political Self-Efficacy scale (PPSE-S). The psychometric properties of the short form were first investigated in an Italian sample (n = 697), and compared with those of the extended version. The cross-cultural replicability of the short form was then investigated in Spain (n = 354), and Greece (n = 270). Finally, the relations between the PPSE-S and several indicators of political participation were assessed in each country. Results from confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the unidimensionality of the PPSE-S. Reliability and criterion validity of the short- and the full-length scales were found to be substantially equivalent. Multigroup CFA provided evidence of measurement invariance across Italy, Spain, and Greece. Perceived political efficacy was positively related to political engagement in a stable and consistent way across the three countries. In light of these results, the usefulness and applicability of the PPSE-S for large-scale surveys were discussed.


Cross-Cultural Research | 2017

Basic Values, Ideological Self-Placement, and Voting: A Cross-Cultural Study

Gian Vittorio Caprara; Michele Vecchione; Shalom H. Schwartz; Harald Schoen; Paul G. Bain; Jo Silvester; Jan Cieciuch; Vassilis Pavlopoulos; Gabriel Bianchi; Hasan Kirmanoglu; Cem Baslevent; Cătălin Mamali; Jorge Manzi; Miyuki Katayama; Tetyana Posnova; Carmen Tabernero; Claudio Vaz Torres; Markku Verkasalo; Jan-Erik Lönnqvist; Eva Vondráková; Maria Giovanna Caprara

The current study examines the contribution of left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology to voting, as well as the extent to which basic values account for ideological orientation. Analyses were conducted in 16 countries from five continents (Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Oceania), most of which have been neglected by previous studies. Results showed that left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology predicted voting in all countries except Ukraine. Basic values exerted a considerable effect in predicting ideology in most countries, especially in established democracies such as Australia, Finland, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany. Pattern of relations with the whole set of 10 values revealed that the critical trade-off underlying ideology is between values concerned with tolerance and protection for the welfare of all people (universalism) versus values concerned with preserving the social order and status quo (security). A noteworthy exception was found in European postcommunist countries, where relations of values with ideology were small (Poland) or near to zero (Ukraine, Slovakia).


Acción Psicológica | 2006

Estabilidad y predicción de la agresión física desde la infancia hasta la adolescencia: un estudio con múltiples informantes

Maria Gerbino; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Gian Vittorio Caprara

El objetivo del estudio es examinar la estabilidad y el valor predictivo de la agresión física y verbal evaluada por múltiples informantes (los propios niños, sus profesores y compañeros) desde la última etapa de la niñez a la adolescencia media, la convergencia entre informantes y el valor predictivo a largo plazo de la agresión física y verbal con respecto a diferentes indicadores de ajuste (rendimiento escolar, aceptación social, comportamiento prosocial) y desequilibrio (depresión, delincuencia). Como parte de un proyecto longitudinal italiano se examinaron a 372 niños (204 varones y 168 mujeres) que fueron evaluados anualmente desde el momento 1 (edad 9.5) hasta el momento 5 (edad 13.5).


Cross-Cultural Research | 2018

The Contribution of Religiosity to Ideology: Empirical Evidences From Five Continents:

Gian Vittorio Caprara; Michele Vecchione; Shalom H. Schwartz; Harald Schoen; Paul G. Bain; Jo Silvester; Jan Cieciuch; Vassilis Pavlopoulos; Gabriel Bianchi; Hasan Kirmanoglu; Cem Baslevent; Catalin Mamali; Jorge Manzi; Miyuki Katayama; Tetyana Posnova; Carmen Tabernero; Claudio Vaz Torres; Markku Verkasalo; Jan-Erik Lönnqvist; Eva Vondráková; Maria Giovanna Caprara

The current study examines the extent to which religiosity account for ideological orientations in 16 countries from five continents (Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Greece, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Results showed that religiosity was consistently related to right and conservative ideologies in all countries, except Australia. This relation held across different religions, and did not vary across participant’s demographic conditions (i.e., gender, age, income, and education). After controlling for basic personal values, the contribution of religiosity on ideology was still significant. However, the effect was substantial only in countries where religion has played a prominent role in the public sphere, such as Spain, Poland, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, and Turkey. In the other countries, the unique contribution of religiosity was marginal or small.


Political Behavior | 2014

Basic Personal Values Underlie and Give Coherence to Political Values: A Cross National Study in 15 Countries

Shalom H. Schwartz; Gian Vittorio Caprara; Michele Vecchione; Paul G. Bain; Gabriel Bianchi; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Jan Cieciuch; Hasan Kirmanoglu; Cem Baslevent; Jan-Erik Lönnqvist; Catalin Mamali; Jorge Manzi; Vassilis Pavlopoulos; Tetyana Posnova; Harald Schoen; Jo Silvester; Carmen Tabernero; Claudio Vaz Torres; Markku Verkasalo; Eva Vondráková; Christian Welzel; Zbigniew Zaleski


Personality and Individual Differences | 2014

The relation between prosociality and self-esteem from middle-adolescence to young adulthood

Antonio Zuffianò; Guido Alessandri; Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri; Concetta Pastorelli; Michela Milioni; Rosalba Ceravolo; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Gian Vittorio Caprara


Personality and Individual Differences | 2014

Cross-cultural validation of the positivity-scale in five European countries

Tobias Heikamp; Guido Alessandri; Mariola Laguna; Vesna Petrovic; Maria Giovanna Caprara; Gisela Trommsdorff


Journal of Research in Personality | 2016

Stability and change of basic personal values in early adulthood: An 8-year longitudinal study

Michele Vecchione; Shalom H. Schwartz; Guido Alessandri; Anna K. Döring; Valeria Castellani; Maria Giovanna Caprara

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Guido Alessandri

Sapienza University of Rome

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Michele Vecchione

Sapienza University of Rome

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Patrizia Steca

Sapienza University of Rome

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Shalom H. Schwartz

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Maria Gerbino

Sapienza University of Rome

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Paul G. Bain

Queensland University of Technology

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