An Application on Belief-Importance Theory in 15 Life Domains

Objective: Belief-importance (belimp) theory posits that personality traits affect the individual tendency to perceive convergences and divergences between their belief that they can achieve goals and the importance that they place on those goals. The present paper presents results from two studies aiming to adapt the main belimp inventory into Arabic and test the underlying theory in Kuwait. Methods: One thousand four hundred fifty-eight individuals participated in the study and were allocated according to their scores into one of the four belimp quadrants: Apathy, Depression, Hubris, and Motivation. A new model to test the belimp theory was proposed comprising 3 general life domains labelled Being, Belonging, and Becoming. Results: The results from the reliability and factor analyses suggested that our proposed model was acceptable. Findings in our study, emerging from three broad domain clusters, supported the belimp plane postulations and previous findings with British samples. Conclusion: Thus, providing a solid support to the belimp theory in a different country and culture.