Adaptation of the value orientation questionnaire by G. Allport for a Russian-speaking sample

For several decades, there has been a stable interest in the study of values and value orientations in domestic psychology. However, although most researchers have necessarily referred to the concept of value orientations by G. Allport in their works, the questionnaire he proposed seemed too complex for translation and adaptation, and subsequently, it has been cited less frequently in English-language literature due to the fact that many questions required adaptation to the changing cultural environment. This article presents the results of a comprehensive adaptation for a Russian-speaking sample of G. Allport's value orientation questionnaire "Study of Values" in the modern edition and modification by Kopelman and Rovenpor. The aim of the study was the cultural and linguistic adaptation of the methodology and the verification of its psychometric characteristics (reliability, convergent validity, and discriminative abilities). The study involved 43 respondents aged 18 to 68 years. During the adaptation, the style and content of the items were updated, discriminatory formulations were eliminated, and a new scale – "virtual value" – was introduced. An assessment of the new version of the questionnaire was conducted using mathematical statistics methods. The results of the study allow us to state that the proposed modification of the questionnaire is reliable, valid, and discriminative. The reliability of most scales (Cronbach's α) was confirmed after the item optimization procedure. Convergent validity was confirmed by significant correlations with Schwartz's "Portrait Values Questionnaire" (PVQ-RR) and A.N. Nikolaev's "Value Orientation Study Methodology" (VOSM). Discriminativeness was established by identifying significant differences in the value profiles of youth and middle-aged individuals. Special emphasis should be placed on the inclusion of a new value orientation, the virtual one, which reflects modern trends in societal development and has not yet been sufficiently reflected in contemporary research on values and value orientations, according to the authors. The adapted questionnaire demonstrates potential for application in scientific research and practical activities in the fields of psychology, education, HR, and intercultural communications.