The present study aimed (1) to check the existence of the ten motivational types of values, and (2) to evaluate in which ways these values maintain relationships of compatibilities and conflicts to each other, according to the Schwartz's theory (1992). The participants were 477 undergraduate students, most women (77%) and not religious (78%), with an average age of 21 years (ranging from 18 to 49). They answered Schwartz Values Survey and a set of demographic questions. A factor confirmatory analysis (LISREL) indicated the appropriateness of the typology of the ten types of values (GFI = .87, ratio chi² / gl = 3.81). In relation to the structure of compatibilities and conflicts among the values, this was confirmed fully in the first case and confirmed partially in the second one. It was concluded that Schwartz's theory presents an adequate fit to the data; the non confirmation of some conflicts among the motivational types can be due to the complexity of the dynamics of the human values, not apprehended through the structural equation models.
Values; Motivational Types; LISREL; Schwartz
