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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 Aug;101(2):366–385. doi: 10.1037/a0021847

Table 7.

Pearson correlations of MFQ subscales with external scales and scale items.

MFQ subscales:
External scale criteria group: Harm Fairness Ingroup Authority Purity
Good-Self: kind/caring,
sympathetic/ compassionate,
generous/giving
.43 .27 .00 .07 .06
IRI – Empathic Concern .59 .42 −.02 −.02 .14
Schwartz value: benevolence .47 .29 .19 .13 .22
Psychopathy (reversed) .50 .42 .03 .07 .06
   Harm scales average .50 .35 .05 .06 .12

Good-Self: fair/just .15 .44 −.10 −.03 −.11
Schwartz value: social justice .52 .52 −.07 −.10 −.01
Social Dominance Orientation
(reversed)
.57 .56 −.27 −.39 −.25
   Fairness scales average .42 .51 −.14 −.18 −.12

Schwartz values: loyalty, national
security, family security
.04 −.04 .53 .48 .37
Good-Self: loyal/faithful .11 .17 .46 .40 .33
   Ingroup scales average .07 .07 .50 .44 .35

Schwartz values: social order,
authority, respect for tradition,
honoring parents, obedience
.07 −.04 .53 .62 .54
Progressive and Traditional Justice
Scale – Traditionalism
−.37 −.25 .35 .37 .30
Right-Wing Authoritarianism −.25 −.37 .56 .65 .70
   Authority scales average −.18 −.22 .48 .55 .51

Schwartz values: self-discipline,
clean, devout
.08 −.06 .37 .44 .61
Disgust Scale – Revised .23 .12 .21 .19 .34
Religious Attendance .02 −.12 .27 .32 .54
   Purity scales average .11 −.02 .28 .32 .50

Note. The highest correlation for each set of scales is shown in bold.