Resumen de Is modesty a subdomain of humility?

Don E. Davis, Everett L. Worthington Jr., Vanessa Placares, Stacey McElroy, Kenneth G. Rice, Elise Choe, Charles Westbrook, Joshua N. Hook, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, Cirleen DeBlaere, Peter C. Hill

• Although many scholars have sharply distinguished humility from modesty, several research teams recently conceptualized modesty as a subdomain of humility. In the present study, we compare these competing conceptualizations using confirmatory factor analyses. In Study 1, a model with general humility (i.e. second-order factor) predicting the subscales of the Relational Humility Scale (RHS) and the Modesty facet of the HEXACO-PI showed adequate fit; and modesty showed one of the stronger factor loadings on the higher order factor. In Study 2, we used a set of items designed to sharpen the potential distinction between modesty (i.e. interpersonal behavior involving moderating attention to self) and humility. Then, we tested a model with a general humility factor (i.e. second-order factor) predicting subscales of the RHS and modesty items. Once again, modesty items loaded strongly on the higher order factor.