KATEDRA SOCIOLÓGIE, FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA, UNIVERZITA KONŠTANTÍNA FILOZOFA V NITRE

The moral and life values of the youth of the community are a very important aspect for the future of any society. The passing on of important standards of behavior within a community has been the primary task of parents and other persons within the family of origin of the individual. In today’s society however, due to various reasons, young people are left to be educated by other people that appear on diverse mediums such as television and the internet. The importance of adequate role models has been suggested by several studies over the years, furthermore it has been shown that role models within the family have the most valuable influence on children. In the present study we aimed at identifying the person of most influence for the Romanian youth (ages 14 to 26), whether it was a person from the family or someone else (ether a real person or a character from a movie or book). Also, we investigated the hierarchy of moral and life values of the youths. A total sample of 372 participants was used in our study, aged between 14 and 26. The results clearly show that the Romanian youths consider their family to be most important to them. Thus, family members were considered the persons of most influence, family members were trusted the most and family in general was considered the most important aspect of their lives. The most important values for the Romanian youths were: security, work, fairness, conformity and tradition. The results indicate that young Romanians are strongly oriented towards family norms. These findings also indicate that adults need to be made aware of their strong impact on their children who will end up imitating them.family, life values, moral values, role models, youth

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