Staff View: Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

- Measuring love for humanity is an important step for developing a loving, caring and peaceful community. However, there is a gap between a valid and reliable instrument to measure the love of humanity in Malaysia. This study aims to validate the Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) by using exploratory...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin,, A. Nazilah,, Radin Anis Adlina Radin Hasbani,, Nasruddin Yunos,, Fatin Hazwani Siran,, Khairul Hamimah Mohamad Jodi ,, Azwira Abdul Aziz,
Format:	Article
Published:	2020
Subjects:	BF Psychology HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Online Access:	http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1382/1/library-document-1382.pdf http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1382/
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my.oum.1382
record_format	eprints
spelling	my.oum.13822021-08-21T08:23:01Z Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, A. Nazilah, Radin Anis Adlina Radin Hasbani, Nasruddin Yunos, Fatin Hazwani Siran, Khairul Hamimah Mohamad Jodi , Azwira Abdul Aziz, BF Psychology HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare - Measuring love for humanity is an important step for developing a loving, caring and peaceful community. However, there is a gap between a valid and reliable instrument to measure the love of humanity in Malaysia. This study aims to validate the Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) by using exploratory and confirmatory analysis with a sample of 500 volunteers. The HLS is a set of questionnaires that has 50 items with 10 domains. It were namely Altruism, Philanthropy, Caring, Tolerance, Shared Values, Love of Kindness, Moderation, Obeying Law, Empathy and Social Responsibility. Two steps of analysis have been done through Exploratory Analysis (EFA) and followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The analysis was using SPSS and Amos version 22.0. The Cronbach's alpha coef icient for subscale ranging from 0.660 to 0.818 and overall scale 0.888. Finally, after the confirmatory process through CFA, there are only 29 items were chosen as an HLS Instrument, with 9 new domains, excluding Moderation. The study found that HLS was a reliable and valid scale to measure the love of humanity based on the domains measured. This study supports the conceptual framework and provides practical implication in the field of social psychology and psychological testing. (Abstract by authors) 2020 Article PeerReviewed text http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1382/1/library-document-1382.pdf Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, and A. Nazilah, and Radin Anis Adlina Radin Hasbani, and Nasruddin Yunos, and Fatin Hazwani Siran, and Khairul Hamimah Mohamad Jodi , and Azwira Abdul Aziz, (2020) Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24 (9). pp. 2016-2030. ISSN 1475-7192 http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1382/
institution	Open University Malaysia
building	OUM Library
collection	Institutional Repository
continent	Asia
country	Malaysia
content_provider	Open University Malaysia
content_source	OUM Knowledge Repository
url_provider	http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/
topic	BF Psychology HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle	BF Psychology HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, A. Nazilah, Radin Anis Adlina Radin Hasbani, Nasruddin Yunos, Fatin Hazwani Siran, Khairul Hamimah Mohamad Jodi , Azwira Abdul Aziz, Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
description	- Measuring love for humanity is an important step for developing a loving, caring and peaceful community. However, there is a gap between a valid and reliable instrument to measure the love of humanity in Malaysia. This study aims to validate the Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) by using exploratory and confirmatory analysis with a sample of 500 volunteers. The HLS is a set of questionnaires that has 50 items with 10 domains. It were namely Altruism, Philanthropy, Caring, Tolerance, Shared Values, Love of Kindness, Moderation, Obeying Law, Empathy and Social Responsibility. Two steps of analysis have been done through Exploratory Analysis (EFA) and followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The analysis was using SPSS and Amos version 22.0. The Cronbach's alpha coef icient for subscale ranging from 0.660 to 0.818 and overall scale 0.888. Finally, after the confirmatory process through CFA, there are only 29 items were chosen as an HLS Instrument, with 9 new domains, excluding Moderation. The study found that HLS was a reliable and valid scale to measure the love of humanity based on the domains measured. This study supports the conceptual framework and provides practical implication in the field of social psychology and psychological testing. (Abstract by authors)
format	Article
author	Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, A. Nazilah, Radin Anis Adlina Radin Hasbani, Nasruddin Yunos, Fatin Hazwani Siran, Khairul Hamimah Mohamad Jodi , Azwira Abdul Aziz,
author_facet	Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, A. Nazilah, Radin Anis Adlina Radin Hasbani, Nasruddin Yunos, Fatin Hazwani Siran, Khairul Hamimah Mohamad Jodi , Azwira Abdul Aziz,
author_sort	Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin,
title	Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
title_short	Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
title_full	Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
title_fullStr	Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
title_sort	validation of humanitarian love scale (hls) through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis
publishDate	2020
url	http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1382/1/library-document-1382.pdf http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1382/
_version_	1709671074356002816
score	13.211869

Validation of Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Similar Items