Backpacker Activities and Personal Values: An SEM approach

Personality Traits and Personal Values

Personality traits and personal values are important psychological characteristics, serving as important predictors of many outcomes. Yet, they are frequently studied separately, leaving the field with a limited understanding of their relationships. We review existing perspectives regarding the nature of the relationships between traits and values and provide a conceptual underpinning for under...

Personal Informatics for Reflection on Personal Values

In this paper we advocate the use of personal informatics systems for self-reflection on personal values. We describe the role values play as guiding principles in people’s lives. We then describe ValueSensitive Design, an approach to the design of technology that aims to account for values throughout the design process. We subsequently argue that personal informatics, in its focus on self-refl...

Self-Objectification and Personal Values. An Exploratory Study

Self-objectification occurs when individuals treat themselves as objects to be viewed and evaluated based upon appearance. Literature has largely elucidated links between self-objectification and damaging outcomes in both men and women. The purpose of the present study was to extend past research on the antecedents of self-objectification. We were interested in the role played by specific ideol...

SEM Modification, Comparison and Evaluation: An Exploratory Approach

A sample of young female fashion students is used to explore how pure-play retailers can maximise their marketing communications. Prior to this paper, EFA, CFA and SEM hypothesis testing have been undertaken. The focus for this paper begins from the results of hypothesis testing and explores SEM model development to identify meaningful direct relationships between six latent constructs which we...

An Empirical Study on Relationship between Personal Values and Performance Values