title: Cross-cultural evidence of value structures and priorities in childhood.
abstract: We broaden the developmental focus of the theory of universals in basic human values (Schwartz, 1992, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology) by presenting supportive evidence on children's values from six countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, the United States, and New Zealand. 3,088 7-11-year-old children completed the Picture-Based Value Survey for Children (PBVS-C, Döring et al., 2010, J. Pers. Assess., 92, 439). Grade 5 children also completed the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ, Schwartz, 2003, A proposal for measuring value orientations across nations. Chapter 7 in the Questionnaire Development Package of the European Social Survey). Findings reveal that the broad value structures, sex differences in value priorities and pan-cultural value hierarchies typical of adults have already taken form at this early age. We discuss the conceptual implications of these findings for the new field of children's basic values by embedding them in the recent developmental literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK.
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Döring
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and National Research University-Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Shalom H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cieciuch
authors.affiliation: Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Patrick J F
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Groenen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Glatzel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harasimczuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janowicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nyagolova
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: E Rebecca
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Scheefer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allritz
authors.affiliation: Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Taciano L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Milfont
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bilsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002031:Bulgaria; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D011044:Poland; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: children's values; middle childhood; value hierarchies; value priorities; value structures