Research on humility has long been handicapped by the lack of a valid and reliable
measure. This research focuses on constructing and validating a measure of Healthy
Humility, defined as an unexaggerated, open perception of the abilities, achievements,
accomplishments, and limitations of oneself and of others - a perception that focuses
primarily, but not exclusively, on the value of the non-self. Through a series of two
separate studies using a total sample of 678 undergraduates, an 11-item scale scored on a
6-point Likert scale was developed. A third study using a sample of 183 undergraduates
used measures of self-esteem, hope, existential meaning, depression, and anxiety to
validate and explore the relationship between the Healthy Humility Inventory (HHI) and
the aforementioned variables. Regression analyses supported hypothesized relationships
between the HHI and measures of hope and existential meaning, and the trend of the
relationship between measures of self-esteem and the HHI, though not significant, also
followed along the lines of the hypothesized relationship. A hierarchical regression
analysis demonstrated that the HHI explained a significant amount of variance (p<.05)
on measures of depression and anxiety above and beyond that explained by self-esteem.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1854 |
| Date | 02 June 2009 |
| Creators | Quiros, Alexander Edward |
| Contributors | Morey, Les C., Rosen, David H. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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