%0 Journal Article %T Valida£¿£¿o do Question¨¢rio de Perfis de Valores (QPV) no Brasil %A Tamayo %A Alvaro %A Porto %A Juliana Barreiros %J Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0102-37722009000300010 %X the objective of this research was to validate to brazil the portrait values questionnaire (pvq) developed by schwartz. the pvq was translated into portuguese using the back-translation procedure and was applied to a sample of 614 students from primary, high and college education. the data were analyzed by means of the multidimensional scaling technique using a bi-dimensional structure. the spatial configuration obtained offers a positive indication for the construct validity of the instrument. the regions found were: conformity, tradition, security, stimulation, universality/benevolence, power/achievement and self-determination/hedonism. the last three regions were composed of adjacent motivational types. descriptive and comparative results converging with international findings also constitute a set of important elements that supports the validity of the instrument. %K basic human values %K value theory of schwartz %K scale validation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-37722009000300010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en