TRENDS IN VALUE PRIORITIES ACROSS W ESTERN EUROPE – A LATEN T GROWTH CURVE MODELING

In this paper, we explore trends in value priorities on a country-level across Western Europe using the Schwartz typology of personal values. We analyze the significance of the time effect as well as country-level differences in time effects on individual value priorities. We use latent growth curve...

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Published inSociologija Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 185 - 208
Main Author Mentus, Vladimir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgrade Sociolosko Udruzenje Srbije i Crne Gore (Sociological Association of Serbia and Montenegro) 01.04.2024
Subjects
Conformity
Culture
Economic crisis
Effects
Expenditures
Hedonism
Latent growth curve models
Material culture
Priorities
Stimulation
Time
Traditions
Trends
Universalism
Values
Finland
Western Europe
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Summary:In this paper, we explore trends in value priorities on a country-level across Western Europe using the Schwartz typology of personal values. We analyze the significance of the time effect as well as country-level differences in time effects on individual value priorities. We use latent growth curve modeling and data from the European Social Survey, including 12 countries (with more than 240,000 respondents) and ten time-points between 2002 and 2020. Results indicate insignificant time effects on tradition and stimulation, weak positive time effects on benevolence, universalism, self-direction, and hedonism, and weak negative effects on security, conformity, achievement, and power. Finally, the analysis of country-level differences indicates that the observed pattern is particularly pronounced in the Nordic countries. Generally, our evidence suggests relative stability of values and a slow cultural shift across Western Europe.
ISSN:0038-0318
2406-0712
DOI:10.2298/SOC2402185M