Maslova Olga V, Shlyakhta Dmitry A, Yanitskiy Mikhail S
Social and Differential Psychology Department, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow 117198, Russia.
Clinical Psychology Department, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 8 Trubetskaya Str., Bldg. 2, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2020 Mar 8;10(3):66. doi: 10.3390/bs10030066.
People differ in their value hierarchies, i.e., in the importance they attach to basic personal values. A large number of studies were performed to establish similarities and differences between national, ethnic, or professional groups in terms of Schwartz's values structure. In addition to this sample-level approach, we found it useful to disclose a number of subgroups within those larger social groups, which are more homogeneous in themselves and reflect the individual-level types of personal values systems. The study was performed on university students (n = 1237) who were asked to fill in the SVS и PVQ Schwartz's questionnaires. The sample was then treated with the K-means cluster analysis, which resulted in the division of the initial sample into three subgroups or clusters according to their values hierarchy being measured separately at the (1) Normative Ideals scale and (2) the scale of Behavioral Priorities. These clusters were equally common among male and female students, but they were unequally found in young people coming from different ethnic groups and regions, demonstrating the role of socio-cultural environment in building up personal values. The results may extend our capabilities for the prediction of the social, economic, and political behavior of the younger generation.
人们的价值层级各不相同，即他们对基本个人价值观的重视程度不同。大量研究旨在确定不同国家、种族或职业群体在施瓦茨价值观结构方面的异同。除了这种样本层面的方法，我们发现揭示这些较大社会群体中的一些亚群体很有用，这些亚群体自身更为同质化，反映了个人价值体系的个体层面类型。该研究以大学生（n = 1237）为对象，他们被要求填写施瓦茨的SVS和PVQ问卷。然后对样本进行K均值聚类分析，结果是根据在（1）规范理想量表和（2）行为优先级量表上分别测量的价值层级，将初始样本分为三个亚组或聚类。这些聚类在男女生中同样常见，但在来自不同种族和地区的年轻人中分布不均，这表明社会文化环境在塑造个人价值观方面的作用。研究结果可能会扩展我们预测年轻一代社会、经济和政治行为的能力。
