%0 Journal Article
%T Value Orientations of Adolescents and Youth: Review and Current Situation
%A Antoci, Diana
%J Homo et Societas
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/25436104HS.20.011.13244
%N Issue 5/2020
%P 150-162
%K value, value orientation, adolescents, youth
%@ 2543-6104
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/homo-et-societas/article/value-orientations-of-adolescents-and-youth-review-and-current-situation
%X This article reviews a number of theoretical and scientific approaches in respect to specifics of value orientation formation and manifestation in adolescents and youth. The study of value orientations was carried out by review of the scientific positions on describing the process of values formation in ontogenesis, the need of implication in different human activities for development of value orientation in childhood, the impact of the broad range of factors that shape the value orientations, the correlation of values with structural elements of the personality etc. The experimental study initially undertaken in 2015 and repeated in 2019 reflects the specifics of the value orientations dynamics in adolescents and young people within the pre-university and university levels of education system. The content shows up-to-date nature of the research and outlines prospects for further priority in investigative area.