A brief scale for measuring the individual endorsement of culture of honour / Una escala breve para medir el respaldo individual a la cultura de honor

Abstract

Variation in value endorsement within geographical regions supports an individual approach to studying the culture of honour, offering a more nuanced understanding of how honour can affect emotions and behaviours in interpersonal relations. This can be understood using brief measurement scales that reduce costs and participant fatigue and improve response validity. Thus, this study aims to propose a brief version of the Culture of Honor Scale. In Study 1 (N = 529), an exploratory factor analysis yielded a brief version of the scale to measure individual endorsement of the culture of honour. In Study 2 (N = 694), we confirmed the scale’s factor structure and demonstrated its measurement invariance across age groups but not across genders. Finally, in Study 3 (N = 569), we established the scale’s validity in the general population and showed that the greater the individual endorsement of a culture of honour, the greater the degree of honour concern and traditional attitudes towards women.