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Ethical Values Assessment (EVA): Long & Short Form in English
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Ethical Values Assessment (EVA—Long Form)
Lene Arnett Jensen, Clark University,
[email protected] Laura Padilla-Walker, Brigham Young University
What moral values do you think are important to how you should live at this time in your life?
Not at all Slightly Moderately Very Completely
Important Important Important Important Important
1. I should take responsibility for 1 2 3 4 5
myself.
2. I should take care of my family. 1 2 3 4 5
3. I should aim for spiritual 1 2 3 4 5
salvation.
4. I should take good care of my 1 2 3 4 5
body.
5. I should be a good member of 1 2 3 4 5
society.
6. I should take care of my soul. 1 2 3 4 5
7. I should feel good about myself. 1 2 3 4 5
8. I should be cooperative. 1 2 3 4 5
9. I should have a spiritual 1 2 3 4 5
compass.
10. I should try to achieve my 1 2 3 4 5
personal goals.
11. I should fulfill my 1 2 3 4 5
responsibilities to others.
12. I should be fair to other 1 2 3 4 5
individuals.
13. I should know my place or role 1 2 3 4 5
in a group.
14. I should strive for social 1 2 3 4 5
harmony.
15. I should strive for spiritual 1 2 3 4 5
purity.
16. I should aim to live a holy life. 1 2 3 4 5
17. I should respect other 1 2 3 4 5
individuals’ rights.
18. I should follow God’s law. 1 2 3 4 5
Indicate the three moral values from the above list that you consider the most important to how you
should live at this time in your life. Indicate the number that is written in front of the statement.
Most important: #________
Most important: #________
Most important: #________
In your own words, indicate if there are moral values that you consider completely important to how
you should live at this time in your life which are not mentioned on the list above.
1)______________________________________________________________________________
2)______________________________________________________________________________
3)______________________________________________________________________________
Ethical Values Assessment (EVA)—Short Form
Lene Arnett Jensen, Clark University
Laura Padilla-Walker, Brigham Young University
What moral values do you think are important to how you should live at this time in your life?
Not at all Slightly Moderately Very Completely
Important Important Important Important Important
1. I should take responsibility for 1 2 3 4 5
myself.
2. I should take care of my family. 1 2 3 4 5
3. I should aim for spiritual 1 2 3 4 5
salvation.
4. I should be fair to other 1 2 3 4 5
individuals.
5. I should aim to live a holy life. 1 2 3 4 5
6. I should respect other 1 2 3 4 5
individuals’ rights.
7. I should follow God’s law. 1 2 3 4 5
8. I should be cooperative. 1 2 3 4 5
9. I should strive for social 1 2 3 4 5
harmony.
10. I should try to achieve my 1 2 3 4 5
personal goals.
11. I should know my place or role 1 2 3 4 5
in a group.
12. I should strive for spiritual 1 2 3 4 5
purity.
Indicate the three moral values from the above list that you consider the most important to how you
should live at this time in your life. Indicate the number that is written in front of the statement.
Most important: #________
Most important: #________
Most important: #________
In your own words, indicate if there are moral values that you consider completely important to how
you should live at this time in your life which are not mentioned on the list above.
1)______________________________________________________________________________
2)______________________________________________________________________________
3)______________________________________________________________________________
(Note: Ranking of items & open-ended questions may be excluded)
Coding: Long Form
18-item scale, 6 items for each of the Three Ethic of Autonomy, Community, and Divinity
(respectively):
Item
I should take good care of my body
I should feel good about myself
I should try to achieve my personal goals
I should be fair to other individuals
I should take responsibility for myself
I should respect other individual’s rights
I should take care of my family
I should be a good member of society
I should be cooperative
I should fulfill my responsibilities to others
I should know my place or role in a group
I should strive for social harmony
I should aim for spiritual salvation
I should take care of my soul
I should follow God’s law
I should have a spiritual compass
I should strive for spiritual purity
I should aim to live a holy life
Coding: Short Form
12-item scale, 4 items for each of the Three Ethic of Autonomy, Community, and Divinity
(respectively):
Item
I should try to achieve my personal goals
I should be fair to other individuals
I should take responsibility for myself
I should respect other individual’s rights
I should take care of my family
I should be cooperative
I should know my place or role in a group
I should strive for social harmony
I should aim for spiritual salvation
I should follow God’s law
I should strive for spiritual purity
I should aim to live a holy life
Alternate or Additional Prompt
The prompt, “What moral values do you think are important to how you should live at this time in
your life? ” may be changed.
For example, surveys have also assessed: “What moral values do you want to pass on to the next
generation?”
Readings
For research using EVA and research on the Three Ethics generally, publications include:
Arnett, J. J., Ramos, K. D., & Jensen, L. A. (2001). Ideological views in emerging adulthood:
Balancing autonomy and community. Journal of Adult Development, 8, 69-79.
Guerra, V. M., & Giner-Sorolla, R. (2010). Community, Autonomy, and Divinity Scale
(CADS): Development of a theory-based moral codes scale. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 41. 35-50.
Guerra, V. M., & Giner-Sorolla, R. S. (forthcoming). Diverse hierarchies of moral codes: Emerging
adults in five countries. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), Moral development in a global world:
Research from a cultural-developmental perspective. New York: Cambridge University
Press.
Haidt, J., Koller, S. H., & Dias, M. G. (1993). Affect, culture, and morality, or, Is it wrong to
eat your dog? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 613-628.
Jensen, L. A. (1995). Habits of the heart revisited: Ethics of autonomy, community and divinity in
adults’ moral language. Qualitative Sociology, 18, 71-86.
Jensen, L. A. (1997). Culture wars: American moral divisions across the adult lifespan. Journal of
Adult Development, 4, 107-121.
Jensen, L. A. (1998). Moral divisions within countries between orthodoxy and progressivism: India
and the United States. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 37, 90-107.
Jensen, L. A. (2004). Coding Manual: Ethics of Autonomy, Community, and Divinity (Revised).
www.LeneArnettJensen.com.
Jensen, L. A. (2008). Immigrant civic engagement and religion: The paradoxical roles of
religious motives and organizations. In R. Lerner, R. Roeser, & E. Phelps (Eds.),
Positive youth development and spirituality: From theory to research (pp. 247-261).
West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.
Jensen, L. A. (2008). Through two lenses: A cultural-developmental approach to moral
reasoning. Developmental Review, 28, 289-315.
Jensen, L. A. (2011). The cultural-developmental theory of moral psychology: A new synthesis.
In L. A. Jensen (Ed.). Bridging cultural and developmental psychology: New syntheses in
theory, research and policy (pp. 3-25). New York: Oxford University Press.
Jensen, L. A. (2012). Bridging universal and cultural perspectives: A vision for developmental
psychology in a global world. Child Development Perspectives, 6, 98-104.
Jensen, L. A. (forthcoming). Moral development in a global world: Research from a cultural-
developmental perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Nelson, L. J. (forthcoming). Negotiating development and culture:
Examining the moral worldviews of conservative religious emerging adults from the
United States. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), Moral development in a global world: Research
from a cultural-developmental perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Pandya, N., & Bhangaokar, R. (forthcoming). Divinity in children’s moral reasoning. In
L. A. Jensen (Ed.), Moral development in a global world: Research from a cultural-
developmental perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Rozin, P., Lowery, L., Imada, S., & Haidt, J. 1999. The CAD triad hypothesis: A mapping between
three moral emotions (contempt, anger, disgust) and three moral codes (community,
autonomy, divinity). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 574-586.
Shweder, R. A. (1990). In defense of moral realism: Reply to Gabennesch. Child Development, 61,
2060-2067.
Shweder, R. A., Much, N. C., Mahapatra, M., & Park, L. (1997). The “big three” of morality
(autonomy, community, divinity), and the “big three” explanations of suffering (pp. 119-
170). In A. Brandt, & P. Rozin (Eds.), Morality and Health. New York: Routledge.
Vasquez, K., Keltner, D., Ebenbach, D. H., & Banaszynski, T. L. (2001). Cultural variation and
similarity in moral rhetorics: Voices from the Philippines and the United States. Journal of
Cross-Cultural Research, 32, 93-120.
Vainio, A. (forthcoming). Finnish moral landscapes: A comparison of nonreligious, liberal
religious, and conservative religious adolescents. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), Moral
development in a global world: Research from a cultural-developmental perspective.
New York: Cambridge University Press.
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