Thursday 23 July 11:25
- 12:55
Hall: 21 - Room 18
Chair and Presenter:
Barni Daniela
Division: Division 3: Psychology and Societal Development
Values shape attitudes, expectations, and behaviors, influencing how individuals and groups respond to
pressing social challenges such as multicultural coexistence, gender equality, intergenerational solidarity, etc.
This symposium brings together diverse perspectives on the role of values, highlighting their developmental,
educational, family and societal implications.
The high scientific quality of the contributions, their content, and potential practical implications make this
symposium highly relevant to the Congress. By integrating research across childhood, adolescence, and young
adulthood, the studies presented in the symposium employ longitudinal, qualitative, multi-informant, and cross
cultural approaches to deepen our understanding of how values can promote or hinder positive social change
and how they can serve as a focus for intervention programs.
The first presentation (Daniel et al.) examines the relationship between Schwartz's higher-order value dimensions and the trajectories of prosocial behavior (i.e., sharing behavior) in children. Through a longitudinal
perspective, it highlights how values contribute to the stability and change of prosocial behavior over time.
The second study (Makarova et al.) extends this focus by exploring value development during middle childhood
and its connection to observed prosocial behavior. Drawing on a large-scale longitudinal dataset, it discusses
the implications of self-transcendence values for educational programs aimed at promoting prosociality.
The third presentation (Esposito et al.) shifts the focus to adolescence, investigating the intergenerational
transmission of gender values and stereotypes. Using qualitative methods, it examines the role of teachers and
parents in reinforcing or challenging gender norms, offering insights into the socialization processes.
The fourth study (Barni and Danioni), in continuity with previous research, explores socialization processes in
families with adolescent children, examining how value-related dynamics may serve as resources for
developmental tasks and family well-being.
Thefinalcontribution(Albert)examinestherelationshipbetweenvaluesandintergenerationalsupportinfamilieswithandwithoutamigrationbackground.It shedslightonhowculturalvalueorientationsinfluencetheexpectationsandpracticesofmutualsupportbetweengenerations(adultchildrenandtheirparents),particularlyinthecontextofmigrationandaging.Thediscussionwillprovideimplicationsforpractitionersandpolicymakersworkingtofostermoreinclusiveandresilientsocieties.
