| Summary: | - Measuring love for humanity is an important step for developing a loving, caring and peaceful
community. However, there is a gap between a valid and reliable instrument to measure the love of humanity in
Malaysia. This study aims to validate the Humanitarian Love Scale (HLS) by using exploratory and
confirmatory analysis with a sample of 500 volunteers. The HLS is a set of questionnaires that has 50 items with
10 domains. It were namely Altruism, Philanthropy, Caring, Tolerance, Shared Values, Love of Kindness, Moderation, Obeying Law, Empathy and Social Responsibility. Two steps of analysis have been done through
Exploratory Analysis (EFA) and followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The analysis was using SPSS
and Amos version 22.0. The Cronbach's alpha coef icient for subscale ranging from 0.660 to 0.818 and overall
scale 0.888. Finally, after the confirmatory process through CFA, there are only 29 items were chosen as an
HLS Instrument, with 9 new domains, excluding Moderation. The study found that HLS was a reliable and valid
scale to measure the love of humanity based on the domains measured. This study supports the conceptual
framework and provides practical implication in the field of social psychology and psychological testing. (Abstract by authors)
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