Validity of Psychometric Tools in Social Sciences

Abstract

This paper deals with some theoretical approaches of a modern definition of research validity and its importance to the other basic research quality level - reliability. It is stated that validity is mostly described as a main prerequisite to make conclusions not only based on research instrumentality and the set of respondents but mainly from the whole research. Also, based on the former research about grieving children socialization, these children value internalization system and the construction of such model are revealed as well. Consequently, grieving children value system iš shown through their behavioral patterns: they less than the others internalize openness, believing in self and others, sensitiveness, respect, self-control and activity. Generally, the main socio-moral values, that make the basis of favorable socialization for children (age 7-11), consist of openness, believing in self and others, sensitiveness, respect, self-control, solidarity and activity.