The dynamics of value system in 1998 and 2015: Longitudinal research in Latvia

Marina Sokola-Nazarenko, Kristine Martinsone, Sandra Mihailova, Jelena Levina, Karsa Elina, U. Berkis, L. Vilka
2018 SHS Web of Conferences  
Values may change during life because a person obtains new life experience and competencies. In the past decade, many Latvian psychologists studied people's values and their connections with different factors like cultural, political, social, economic changes and other factors [1-3 and other]. Since 1994 Latvia has gone through different socialeconomic changes like crisis, economic growth, assumption to NATO and EU, and acceptation of euro currency. These changes can influence participants'
more » ... es. The aim was to conduct a comparative longitudinal research in individuals' values in 1998 and 2015, at the beginning of their youth and then in adulthood, in order to answer the following questions: what values were in 1998 and 2015; what differences in values had appeared comparing 1998 and 2015 in same persons.
doi:10.1051/shsconf/20185101008 fatcat:fzj34myjyjh73k33sufr5hkyea