MEĐUGENERACIJSKE VRIJEDNOSNE ORIJENTACIE I VRIJEDNOSNI PRIORITETI
INTERGENERATIONAL VALUE ORIENTATIONS AND VALUE PRIORITIES

Summary/Abstract: Values have a recognizable role in the everyday life of every individual and society and questions such as: For which values should children be raised? What are the value orientations and the youth's value priorities? Are there differences in value orientations and value priorities for young and older generations? are always up to date. In this paper we present the results of the research with the aim to examine the value orientations and value priorities of children and their parents in order to point to the (non)existence of intergenerational value transmission in the family. Research results showed that children and their parents show similarities in their value priorities, indicating the existence of intergenerational value transmission. Relying on Schwartz's theory of universal content and structure of values, both examinees assessed the values that belong to the motivational types of values of universalism, self-direction, and benevolence, while the least appreciated values belonging to the types of power and tradition. By examining the relationship between value orientations of children and their parents according to ten motivational types of values, it has been established that there is a connection between motivational types of power, tradition, conformity and security. On the other hand, the differences noted are in favor of the fact that children are more similar in their value orientations to their mothers, than their fathers.

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