How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures
Wisdom is a field of growing interest both inside and outside academic psychology, and researchers are increasingly interested in using measures of wisdom in their work. However, wisdom is a highly complex construct, and its various operationalizations are based on quite different definitions. Which...
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| author | Judith eGlück Susanne eKönig Katja eNaschenweng Uwe eRedzanowski Lara eDorner-Hörig Irene eStrasser Wolfgang eWiedermann |
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| description | Wisdom is a field of growing interest both inside and outside academic psychology, and researchers are increasingly interested in using measures of wisdom in their work. However, wisdom is a highly complex construct, and its various operationalizations are based on quite different definitions. Which measure a researcher chooses for a particular research project may have a strong influence on the results. This study compares four well-established measures of wisdom – the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (Webster, 2003, 2007), the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (Ardelt, 2003), the Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory (Levenson, Jennings, Aldwin, & Shiraishi, 2005), and the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm (Baltes & Smith, 1990; Baltes & Staudinger, 2000) – with respect to content, reliability, factorial structure, and construct validity (relationships to wisdom nomination, interview-based wisdom ratings, and correlates of wisdom). The sample consisted of 47 wisdom nominees and 123 control participants. While none of the measures performed better than the others by absolute standards, recommendations are given for researchers to select the most suitable measure for their substantive interests. In addition, a Brief Wisdom Screening Scale is introduced that contains those 20 items from the three self-report scales that were most highly correlated with the common factor across the scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aab49435500a49d89a87eaa290fc866d2022-12-21T19:42:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-07-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0040542087How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measuresJudith eGlück0Susanne eKönig1Katja eNaschenweng2Uwe eRedzanowski3Lara eDorner-Hörig4Irene eStrasser5Wolfgang eWiedermann6Alpen-Adria-Universität KlagenfurtAlpen-Adria-Universität KlagenfurtAlpen-Adria-Universität KlagenfurtAlpen-Adria-Universität KlagenfurtAlpen-Adria-Universität KlagenfurtAlpen-Adria-Universität KlagenfurtUniversity of ViennaWisdom is a field of growing interest both inside and outside academic psychology, and researchers are increasingly interested in using measures of wisdom in their work. However, wisdom is a highly complex construct, and its various operationalizations are based on quite different definitions. Which measure a researcher chooses for a particular research project may have a strong influence on the results. This study compares four well-established measures of wisdom – the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (Webster, 2003, 2007), the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (Ardelt, 2003), the Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory (Levenson, Jennings, Aldwin, & Shiraishi, 2005), and the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm (Baltes & Smith, 1990; Baltes & Staudinger, 2000) – with respect to content, reliability, factorial structure, and construct validity (relationships to wisdom nomination, interview-based wisdom ratings, and correlates of wisdom). The sample consisted of 47 wisdom nominees and 123 control participants. While none of the measures performed better than the others by absolute standards, recommendations are given for researchers to select the most suitable measure for their substantive interests. In addition, a Brief Wisdom Screening Scale is introduced that contains those 20 items from the three self-report scales that were most highly correlated with the common factor across the scales.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00405/fullReliabilityvaliditymeasurement of wisdomSelf-Assessed Wisdom ScaleThree-Dimensional Wisdom ScaleAdult Self-Transcendence Inventory |
| spellingShingle | Judith eGlück Susanne eKönig Katja eNaschenweng Uwe eRedzanowski Lara eDorner-Hörig Irene eStrasser Wolfgang eWiedermann How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures Frontiers in Psychology Reliability validity measurement of wisdom Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory |
| title | How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures |
| title_full | How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures |
| title_fullStr | How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures |
| title_short | How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures |
| title_sort | how to measure wisdom content reliability and validity of five measures |
| topic | Reliability validity measurement of wisdom Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00405/full |
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