New russian version of the test of existential motivations. Development and testing презентация

New Russian Version of the Test of Existential Motivations: development and testing Elena Ukolova, Vladimir Shumskiy National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow

TEM – new Russian version: the purpose of developing First Russian-language version of TEM (Koryakina, 2010, 2011): - haven't undergone strict psychometric testing (a validity, internal structure of the test) - the contents of items are more focused on counseling and therapeutic practice, but not on researches in the general population - some items of the test don't express specifics of the measured constructs (the contents of FM) - items obtained by direct translation from the German version TEM v.2.1 and encountered significant language/wording problems in Russian

TEM – new Russian version: the purpose of developing In Russian it is developed TEMIR – Test to Measure Existential Motivations in Interpersonal Relationships (Ukolova, Shumskiy, Osin, 2014), which: - has the clear structure corresponding to the four fundamental existential motivations - have undergone strict psychometric testing - productively used in researches on Russian samples

TEM – new Russian version: the purpose of developing Based on the same principles as the TEMIR develop questionnaire to assesses integral factors of personal existence or an integral subjective representation of the quality of one’s life. Difference: in the new Russian version of TEM we have decided to use a 4-point Likert scale, but not 6-point Likert scale, as in TEMIR, because 6-point response format predisposed to over-agreement

TEMIR:Theoretical background Using A. Längle’s theory of existential fundamental motivations we can describe the motivational aspects that are needed in order for one to be fully present as a person in his/her life and to experience fulfilment

TEM - new Russian version: theoretical background

TEM – new Russian version: theoretical background The structure of four fundamental motivations, each of which has three prerequisites resulting in 12 facets of existential fulfilment served as the theoretical basis we used to develop the questionnaire

TEM – new Russian version: structure Fundamental Trust = Support + Protection + Space Value of Life = Relation + Time + Closeness Authenticity = Attention + Justice+ Appreciation Meaning = Field of Activity + Structural Context + Value to be realized in Future Existential Fulfillment General = Fundamental Trust + Value of Life + Authenticity + Meaning

TEM – new Russian version: steps of development The items were formulated independently by the authors, reviewed by 13 other content experts with a degree in existential analytic counseling, reviewed in a focus group with M.Sc. students studying existential analysis. The final item pool included 94 items, between 7 and 9 items per each of the 12 theoretical facets.

TEM – new Russian version: steps of development The study sample included 897 respondents: 277 males (31%) 610 females (62%) an age range between 18 and 70, average 28

TEMIR: steps of development We applied hierarchical cluster analysis using Ward’s method with Squared Euclidean distance metric to 94 items standardized into z-scores by variable.

TEM – new Russian version: steps of development

TEM – new Russian version: steps of development Hierarchical cluster analysis s allowed to select 3 indicator items for each of the 3 prerequisites of each of the 4 fundamental existential motivations. So we selected a set of 36 items grouped into 12 parcels.

TEM – new Russian version: steps of development Confirmatory factor analysis supported a hierarchical structure of the 36-item set with 12 first-order factors, 4 second-order factors and 1 third-order factor. We relied on CFI>0.95 and RMSEA<0.05 as criteria of a good fit, and CFI>0.90 and RMSEA<0.08 as criteria of an acceptable fit of the model to the data.

TEM – new Russian version: validity studies Construct validity - Russian-language versions of the following tests were used: Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS - Lyubomirsky, Lepper, 1999); The Alienation Test  (Maddi, Kobasa, Hoover, 1980); Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (Rotter, 1966) Mini-Mult - short vervion of MMPI, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Kincannon, 1968)

TEM – new Russian version: construct validity

TEM – new Russian version: construct validity

Reliability analysis: Alfa-Kronbakh

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