Introduction to the special section value development from middle childhood to early adulthood—new insights from longitudinal and genetically informed research

AK Döring, E Daniel, A Knafo‐Noam - Social Development, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Research into values at an early age has only started recently, although it has expanded
quickly and dynamically in the past years. The purpose of this article is twofold: First, it …

The stability and change of value structure and priorities in childhood: A longitudinal study

J Cieciuch, E Davidov, R Algesheimer - Social Development, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This longitudinal study explores the stability and change of values in childhood. Children's
values were measured in Poland three times (with one‐year intervals) using the Picture …

The role of school principals in shaping children's values

Y Berson, S Oreg - Psychological science, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Instilling values in children is among the cornerstones of every society. There is wide
agreement that beyond academic teaching, schools play an important role in shaping …

Values in middle childhood: Social and genetic contributions

F Uzefovsky, AK Döring, A Knafo‐Noam - Social Development, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Theories of value development often identify adolescence as the period for value formation,
and cultural and familial factors as the sources for value priorities. However, recent research …

Reciprocal relations across time between basic values and value‐expressive behaviors: A longitudinal study among children

M Vecchione, AK Döring, G Alessandri… - Social …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The current study examines the reciprocal relations between children's values and value‐
expressive behavior over a sixth‐month period. Three hundred and ten sixth‐grade students …

Individual values and delinquency: On considering universals in the content and structure of values

W Bilsky, D Hermann - Psychology, Crime & Law, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The systematic relation between delinquency and the overall spectrum of individual values
has not been a particular topic of psychological research in the past. To fill this gap, we refer …

Should ratings of the importance of personal values be centered?

I Borg, A Bardi - Journal of Research in Personality, 2016 - Elsevier
Research on personal values is based on persons' ratings of the importance of values.
Typically, the means of these ratings are discarded as response style artifacts through …

Genetic and environmental parent–child transmission of value orientations: An extended twin family study

C Kandler, J Gottschling, FM Spinath - Child Development, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite cross‐cultural universality of core human values, individuals differ substantially in
value priorities, whereas family members show similar priorities to some degree. The latter …

Personal values and their structure under universal and lexical approaches

I Borg, H Dobewall, T Aavik - Personality and Individual Differences, 2016 - Elsevier
The value circle is based on a theory that explains how individuals arrive at judgments on
the importance of different values. The circle arises because the individuals are assumed to …

Values and their relationship to pro-environmental engagement: A comprehensive and systematic investigation

PK da Costa Diniz - 2016 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
Environmental problems are a result of maladaptive human behaviour. One way to tackle
these problems is by fostering values that underlie pro-environmental engagement …