Table 1.
Parcel Estimates for Honor, Face, and Dignity Endorsements, U.S. Sample.
| Standardized parcel estimates (Standard errors) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item parcels | Honor | Face | Dignity | |
| 1. | You maintain your dignity if you punish people that double-cross you | |||
| People will take advantage if you don’t show them how tough you are | 0.588 (0.061) | |||
| 2. | Sometimes you have to fight to stop people from taking advantage of you | |||
| You lose respect if you back down from a fight | 0.736 (0.062) | |||
| 3. | Only losers let people say insulting things to them and get away with it | |||
| It’s important to punish those who say bad things about family and friends | 0.620 (0.060) | |||
| 1. | Parents and elders give the best advice about how to get along with others | |||
| I feel proud when I do my duty without calling attention to myself | 0.640 (0.044) | |||
| 2. | It’s everyone’s duty to help people get along with each other | |||
| You maintain your dignity when you do your best in a humble way | 0.879 (0.031) | |||
| 3. | Even when they do something wrong, you shouldn’t criticize others | |||
| I try to avoid conflict even if it means some disappointment | ||||
| Having good relations with others is more important than being right | 0.678 (0.041) | |||
| 1. | You show you have inner strength when you let things go | 0.721 (0.044) | ||
| 2. | I do what my conscience says is right, even if others don’t agree | |||
| Everyone should be treated the same, no matter what their job is or what family they come from | 0.482 (0.059) | |||
| 3. | Outer strength is pretty useless without inner strength and dignity | |||
| I feel proud when I do what is right and ignore what people think of me | 0.601 (0.053) | |||
| Omegas (calculated from unstandardized estimates) | Ω(6 items) = .69 | Ω(7 items) = .79 | Ω(5 items) = .65 | |
| Items discarded due to low estimates or cross-loadings | ||||
| I would go to the ends of the earth to repay an important favor | X | |||
| You lose honor if you don’t repay people for helping you out | X | |||
| I couldn’t feel good about myself if I embarrassed my family | X | |||
| People who fail to consider the wishes of the group are selfish | X | |||
| You get along with others if you are humble and know your place | X | |||
| People who act the toughest are usually the most insecure | X | |||
| Getting back at someone is best left to the authorities | X | |||
| Those who can forget about small insults earn people’s respect | X | |||
| Punishment of wrongdoers is best left to the authorities | X | |||
| When people believe in themselves, they don’t need to fight others | X | |||
| People who get in fights just because someone insulted them look childish | X | |||
| I shrug it off if someone criticizes or insults me in front of others | X | |||
| You maintain your dignity when you don’t get upset by little insults | X | |||
Note. N = 267. Scale = 1 (not true) to 6 (true). Items were intermixed during administration.