Original article Values and sense of symbolic immortality among non-religious adolescents in Poland
Background The aim of the study was to determine the values (Schwartz’s ten basic values) and sense of symbolic immortality among non-religious adolescents. Participants and procedure Participants were recruited from secondary schools in Gdansk and Gdynia. Results The results showed th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Current Issues in Personality Psychology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.termedia.pl/Original-article-Values-and-sense-of-symbolic-immortality-among-non-religious-adolescents-in-Poland,75,23776,1,1.html |
| Summary: | Background
The aim of the study was to determine the values (Schwartz’s ten basic values) and sense of symbolic immortality among non-religious adolescents.
Participants and procedure
Participants were recruited from secondary schools in Gdansk and Gdynia.
Results
The results showed that non-religious adolescents achieved higher results in the natural mode, and lower in biological-creative and religious modes. They also scored higher on universalism and self-direction subscales of Schwartz’s ten basic values. The results are discussed in the light of humanistic personal ideology and terror management theory.
Conclusions
The cultural worldview that protects non-religious adolescents against death anxiety seems to be more rooted in humanistic and individualistic values. |
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| ISSN: | 2353-4192 2353-561X |