THE YOUNG GENERATION’S VALUES ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

THE PAPER INTENDS TO OFFER A PRESENTATION OF THE SOCIAL VALUES, BOTH FROM THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE, HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUES ENCOUNTERED AMONG YOUNG GENERATION. THE VALUES ARE DEFINED AS AN ABSTRACT SET OF PRINCIPLES WHICH GUIDE THE INDIVIDUAL’S SOCIAL LIFE. THOSE PRINCIPLES CONTAIN THE PURPOSE IN LIFE AND THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS PREFERRED BY THE INDIVIDUALS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCE. THE VALUES ARE REINFORCED BY THE SOCIETY, GIVEN THAT THE SOURCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL VALUES STANDS IN THE INDIVIDUAL’S NATIONAL CULTURE, FAMILY, TEACHERS, FRIENDS AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH CAME ACORSS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS. THE SOCIAL VALUES ARE MANIFESTED THROUGH NORMS AND THIS NORMS REFLECTS THE GROUP’S VALUES. WE WILL MAKE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE ANSWERS GIVEN BY THE SUBJECTS FROM URBAN AREA AND THOSE FROM RURAL AREA AND OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO REVEAL THE POSSIBLE OVERLAPPING AND/OR DIFFERENTION ALONG THE URBAN-RURAL CATEGORIES. THE RESEARCH SUBJECTS HAD TO CHECK THREE VALUES FROM A LIST OF THIRTY ONE VALUES, VALUES THAT WE’VE ENCOUNTERED IN THE RESERCHES CARRIED OUT THUS FAR. AFTER ANALYZING THE GRIDS, WE MANAGED TO RANK THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUES, GIVING US THE GROUP VALUES SYSTEM.

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