Cross-cultural evidence of value structures and priorities in childhood

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 675-699

  Döring, Anna K ^a   Schwartz, Shalom H ^b   Cieciuch, Jan ^c   Groenen, Patrick J F ^d   Glatzel, Valentina ^e   Harasimczuk, Justyna ^f   Janowicz, Nicole ^e   Nyagolova, Maya ^e   Scheefer, E Rebecca ^e   Allritz, Matthias ^g   Milfont, Taciano L ^h   Bilsky, Wolfgang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^g MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^h VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children's values; Middle childhood; Value hierarchies; Value priorities; Value structures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943586232     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12116     Document Type: Article

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