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Appendix A - Twenty Item Portrait Values Questionnaire (TwIVI)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2021

James Weinberg
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Summary

Here I briefly describe some people. Please read each description and think about how much each person is or is not like you. Using a 6-point scale from ‘not like me at all’ to ‘very much like me’, choose how similar the person is to you.

1 = not like me at all; 2 = not like me; 3 = a little like me; 4 = somewhat like me; 5 = like me; 6 = very much like me

How much like you is this person?

  • 1. S/he believes s/he should always show respect to his/her parents and to older people. It is important to him/her to be obedient

  • 2. Religious belief is important to him/her. S/he tries hard to do what his religion requires.

  • 3. It's very important to him/her to help the people around him/her. S/he wants to care for their well-being.

  • 4. S/he thinks it is important that every person in the world be treated equally. S/he believes everyone should have equal opportunities in life.

  • 5. S/he thinks it's important to be interested in things. S/he likes to be curious and to try to understand all sorts of things.

  • 6. S/he likes to take risks. S/he is always looking for adventures.

  • 7. S/he seeks every chance s/he can to have fun. It is important to him/her to do things that give him/her pleasure.

  • 8. Getting ahead in life is important to him/her. S/he strives to do better than others.

  • 9. S/he always wants to be the one who makes the decisions. S/he likes to be the leader.

  • 10. It is important to him/her that things be organized and clean. S/he really does not like things to be a mess.

  • 11. It is important to him/her to always behave properly. S/he wants to avoid doing anything people would say is wrong.

  • 12. S/he thinks it is best to do things in traditional ways. It is important to him/her to keep up the customs s/he has learned.

  • 13. It is important to him/her to respond to the needs of others. S/he tries to support those s/he knows.

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Who Enters Politics and Why?
Basic Human Values in the UK Parliament
, pp. 173 - 174
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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