Value stability and change during self-chosen life transitions: self-selection versus socialization effects

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Bardi, A., Buchanan, K., Goodwin, R., Slabu, L. and Robinson, M. 2014. Value stability and change during self-chosen life transitions: self-selection versus socialization effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 106 (1), pp. 131-147. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034818
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TitleValue stability and change during self-chosen life transitions: self-selection versus socialization effects
AuthorsBardi, A., Buchanan, K., Goodwin, R., Slabu, L. and Robinson, M.
Abstract

Three longitudinal studies examine a fundamental question regarding adjustment of personal values to self-chosen life transitions: Do values fit the new life setting already at its onset, implying value-based self-selection? Or do values change to better fit the appropriate and desirable values in the setting, implying value socialization? As people are likely to choose a life transition partly based on their values, their values may fit the new life situation already at its onset, leaving little need for value socialization. However, we propose that this may vary as a function of the extent of change the life transition entails, with greater change requiring more value socialization. To enable generalization, we used 3 longitudinal studies spanning 3 different life transitions and different extents of life changes: vocational training (of new police recruits), education (psychology vs. business students), and migration (from Poland to Britain). Although each life transition involved different key values and different populations, across all 3 studies we found value fit to the life situation already early in the transition. Value socialization became more evident the more aspects of life changed as part of the transition, that is, in the migration transition. The discussion focuses on the implications of these findings for research on values and personality change, as well as limitations and future directions for research.

PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA)
JournalJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
ISSN0022-3514
Electronic1939-1315
Publication dates
Online11 Nov 2013
Print31 Jan 2014
Publication process dates
Deposited29 Apr 2015
Accepted30 Sep 2013
Output statusPublished
Accepted author manuscript
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© American Psychological Association, 2013. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0034818

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034818
LanguageEnglish
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