Abstract
Objective: We examined patterns of change and stability in the whole set of 10 Schwartz values over 2 years during early adolescence. Method: Participants completed the Portrait Values Questionnaire repeatedly throughout the junior high school years. The study involved six waves of data and a total of 382 respondents aged 10 years at the first measurement occasion (43% female). We investigated multiple types of stability in the values: mean-level, rank-order, and ipsative stability. Results: At the mean-level, self-enhancement, and Openness to change values increased in importance. Self-direction and hedonism values showed the greatest increase—about one-third of a standard deviation. Conservation and self-transcendence values did not change with the exception of tradition, which decreased slightly. After correcting for measurement error, rank-order stability coefficients ranged from.39 (hedonism) to.77 (power). Correlations between value hierarchies measured 2 years apart were ≥.85 for 75% of respondents, and ≤.12 for 5% of the respondents. Thus only a small proportion of participants experienced a marked change in the relative importance they ascribed to the 10 values. Conclusions: Results are discussed and related to earlier findings on patterns and magnitude of value change during other periods of the life span.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 447-463 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Personality |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- early adolescence
- Schwartz's theory of basic human values
- stability
- value change