TY - JOUR
T1 - Value Incoherence Precedes Value Change
T2 - Evidence from Value Development in Childhood and Adolescence Across Cultures
AU - Daniel, Ella
AU - Bardi, Anat
AU - Lee, Julie A.
AU - Scholz-Kuhn, Ricarda
AU - Elizarov, Einat
AU - Cieciuch,, Jan
AU - Knafo-Noam, Ariel
AU - Ramos, Alice
AU - Vecchione,, Michele
AU - Algesheimer, Rene
AU - Murcia Alvarez, Evelia
AU - Ben Dror Lankry, Avital
AU - Benish-Weisman, Maya
AU - Rodrigues,, Ricardo Borges
AU - Chomsky, Anat
AU - Collins, Patricia R.
AU - Davidov, Eldad
AU - Döring, Anna K.
AU - Habermann, Stefanie
AU - Katsoty, Dana
AU - Kindschi, Martin
AU - Makarova, Elena
AU - Marsicano, Gilda
AU - Misgav, Kinneret
AU - Oeschger,, Thomas P.
AU - da Costa, Leonor Pereira
AU - Sneddon, Joanne
AU - Tendais, Iva
AU - Twito-Weingarten, Louise
PY - 2024/11/19
Y1 - 2024/11/19
N2 - We test the theory that personality incoherence may instigate personality change in the context of personal values. Values’ near-universal organization makes value incoherence assessment straightforward. The study included 13 longitudinal samples from seven cultures (Australia, Israel Palestinian citizens, Israel Jewish majority, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland), total N = 7,126, and T1 Mage ranging between 6-18. Each participant reported values between two- and six-times. Using unfolding analysis, we calculated the fit of the internal value structure of each participant at the first time point to the value structure in their sample (normative structure) and to the theoretical structure of Schwartz (1992). We estimated value change using Growth Curve Modeling (when at least three measurement times were available) and the difference between T1 and T2 in each sample. We correlated value incoherence with value change and estimated the effect across samples using a meta-analysis. Incoherence with the structure of values predicted greater value change. The associations were stronger when participant’s value structures were compared to the normative value structure at T1 than when they were compared to the theoretical structure. A meta-regression analysis indicated that effects were not moderated by age. We discuss possible underlying processes and implications for personality development.
AB - We test the theory that personality incoherence may instigate personality change in the context of personal values. Values’ near-universal organization makes value incoherence assessment straightforward. The study included 13 longitudinal samples from seven cultures (Australia, Israel Palestinian citizens, Israel Jewish majority, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland), total N = 7,126, and T1 Mage ranging between 6-18. Each participant reported values between two- and six-times. Using unfolding analysis, we calculated the fit of the internal value structure of each participant at the first time point to the value structure in their sample (normative structure) and to the theoretical structure of Schwartz (1992). We estimated value change using Growth Curve Modeling (when at least three measurement times were available) and the difference between T1 and T2 in each sample. We correlated value incoherence with value change and estimated the effect across samples using a meta-analysis. Incoherence with the structure of values predicted greater value change. The associations were stronger when participant’s value structures were compared to the normative value structure at T1 than when they were compared to the theoretical structure. A meta-regression analysis indicated that effects were not moderated by age. We discuss possible underlying processes and implications for personality development.
U2 - 10.1177/08902070241289969
DO - 10.1177/08902070241289969
M3 - Article
SN - 0890-2070
JO - European Journal of Personality
JF - European Journal of Personality
ER -