Stability and change of basic personal values in early adulthood: An 8-year longitudinal study |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Governance, Law and Society, Tallinn University, Uus-Sadama 5, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia;2. Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Siltavuorenpenger 1a, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;3. Georg-Elias-Müller-Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Goßlerstraße 14, 37073 Goettingen, Germany;4. Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Department of Psychology, Näituse 2, Tartu 50409, Estonia |
| |
| Abstract: | We examined four types of stability and change in values during young adulthood. 270 respondents (aged 20–28, 54% female) completed the Portrait Values Questionnaire at three time points, separated by 4 years. Rank-order stability coefficients of the 10 values averaged 0.69 (T1-T2) and 0.77 (T2-T3). The mean importance of conservation, self-transcendence, and power values increased over time, the mean importance of achievement values decreased, and openness to change values remained stable. For 75% of respondents, the correlations of the within-person value hierarchies exceeded 0.45 from T1 to T2 and 0.61 from T2 to T3. Correlations among individual change scores for the 10 values formed coherent patterns of value change that mirror the circular structure of Schwartz’s theory. |
| |
| Keywords: | Basic personal values Value profiles Longitudinal value change Value stability |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
