Human values priorities: effects of self-centredness and age

This study aims to assess the effects of the degree of self-centredness/selflessness and age on human values priorities according to Schwartz model. This model displays two main dimensions which oppose on one hand, self-enhancement to self-transcendence and on the other hand, openness to change to c...

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Published inJournal of beliefs and values Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 172 - 186
Main Authors Pantaléon, Nathalie, Chataigné, Christine, Bonardi, Christine, Long, Thierry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bath Routledge 03.04.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Subjects
Adults
Age
Age Differences
Altruism
Humanities and Social Sciences
Negative Attitudes
self
Self Concept
self-centredness/ selflessness
Social Anthropology and ethnology
Values
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Summary:This study aims to assess the effects of the degree of self-centredness/selflessness and age on human values priorities according to Schwartz model. This model displays two main dimensions which oppose on one hand, self-enhancement to self-transcendence and on the other hand, openness to change to conservation. The sample consisted of 307 adults aged 18 to 65 who filled in two questionnaires: the Self-Transcendence Inventory (STI) and the Questionnaire of Values by Portraits (QVP). The results show that the more people were selfless, the more they gave greater importance to self-transcendence and less importance to self-enhancement; and inversely. Moreover, the older the participants were, the more they valorised collective values compared to individual values. Finally, age appeared as a more relevant predictor of values priorities than the degree of self-centredness. Such results could be of first importance in terms of designing moral education strategies.
ISSN:1361-7672
1469-9362
DOI:10.1080/13617672.2018.1554880