Core values for young people are family, health, safety and career. Life values u200bu200bare almost independent of gender, but at the same time they become more realistic with age: older young people care more about career and finances than about creativity and fame. socialbites.ca was told about this issue at the Moscow State Pedagogical University.
“The results of our survey with 1,303 young people aged between 10 and 18 show that the most important value for them is family. But next in order of importance are health, financial security, career and leisure. For adolescents whose development occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem of taking care of their own health and that of their relatives becomes even more urgent, they may experience a traumatic experience of losing a family member as a result of an illness; they feel more acutely the importance of caring for the elderly and their elderly relatives,” Elena Borisenko, leading analyst of the Federal Coordination Center for the provision of psychological services in the educational system of the Russian Federation, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, told socialbites.ca.
Service comes next on the list of youth values, along with health and general well-being. As the authors suggest, it means the manifestation of affection, mercy and selfless help within the family.
Scientists also found that it is important for young people that their ideal job brings not only money but also fame. Girls surveyed valued creativity and fame more than boys, but other values were generally gender neutral. But they changed with age: the value of career and material security increased, the value of service decreased. This may indicate that young people become more realistic as they get older.
“Creativity is another indicator of human spiritual values. The connection between creativity and fame in adolescents’ value systems demonstrates the importance of being recognized by others and gaining authority. In the age of social networking, where young people’s lives have moved online, recording their lives using internet technologies becomes no less important than real life. Borisenko said that indicators of success on the Internet are the number of subscribers, “likes”, the number of views, that is, the external characteristics of fame.
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