Original scientific paper

Intergenerational transfer of value priorities between mothers

Ina Reić Ercegovac orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-6054 ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Hrvatska
Morana Koludrović orcid.org/0000-0003-4099-8330 ; The Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split, Croatia

Abstract

The subject of this research is interfamily transfer of life values as general and relatively permanent goals that guide an individual in managing on a personal, group and global level. If we take into consideration that all relevant theoretical approaches indicate the significance of parental system of values in the formation of child’s values, and that intergenerational transfer of values is inevitable for cultural continuity and social values cultivation, this research intended to establish whether there was a connection between mothers and their daughters in some value priorities.
This research enclosed 194 participants, that is 92 mothers and their late adolescent daughters, in which a short version of Life Values Inventory was used and thus examined the importance of seven life values – belonging, care for the others, independence, loyalty to family, intimacy, responsibility and spirituality. Also the participants evaluated their life satisfaction and content with their relationship with a spouse (partner). The results have shown that there were some intergenerational differences in terms of independence and intimacy as life values, while on the family level some correlations between mothers and daughters have been discovered in those exact values. Responsibility in both groups has turned out to be the value of utmost significance in behavior and decision making, which is in concordance with the results of some foreign researches. The calculated correlations have indicated that older mothers consider loyalty to family more important, while mothers with a higher level of education are more in favor of responsibility, loyalty to family and independence. The mothers with more life satisfaction consider loyalty to family and independence more important, while those with more marriage satisfaction choose loyalty to family and care for the others. In the daughter group no relevant relations between values and life satisfaction have been determined.

Keywords

values; intergenerational transfer of values; mothers and daughters; responsibility

Hrčak ID:

82350

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/82350

Publication date:

31.3.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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