title: Brief report: value priorities of early adolescents.
abstract: Although adolescence is considered to be the formative period of values, relatively few studies have addressed values held by adolescents. The present short-term longitudinal study explores value priorities of early adolescents from two social groups (among ethnic Estonians and Russian-speaking minority) in terms of the 10 value types defined by Schwartz, and the question whether values change during one year. 575 early adolescents filled out a 21-item version of the Portrait Values Questionnaire. Adolescents' value priorities differed from the pan-cultural value hierarchy of adults (Bardi, Lee, Hoffmann-Towfigh, & Soutar, 2009) by attributing more importance to hedonism and stimulation, and less importance to benevolence and conformity. Although Russian-speaking students rated Self-Enhancement and Openness to Change more highly than Estonians, the value hierarchy of adolescents from two social groups was rather similar. Boys considered Self-Enhancement more important than girls. More value change was observable in Russian-speaking students, and boys.
authors.affiliation: University of Tartu, Estonia. Electronic address: Tiia.Tulviste@ut.ee.
authors.forename: Tiia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tulviste
authors.affiliation: University of Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Anni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D003469:Culture; D004957:Estonia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012426:Russia; D012737:Sex Factors; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Estonia; Ethnic Estonians; Middle adolescence; Russian-speaking minority; Schwartz theory; Value priorities