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How adolescents understand their values: A qualitative study.

Iona Lewis-Smith¹, Laura Pass^1,2, Shirley Reynolds¹

¹School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

|October 19, 2020

Summary

Adolescents readily understand and articulate their personal values, their origins, and their importance in decision-making. This suggests young people can benefit from discussing values in therapeutic settings.

Keywords:

Values acceptance and commitment therapy adolescents behavioural activation for the treatment of depression development qualitative

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Background:

Values are crucial for motivating behavior change in psychological therapies.
Adolescent values development is under-explored, particularly their experiences and contextual functions.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore adolescents' understanding of the concept of 'values'.
To elicit adolescents' lived experiences of their values.

Main Methods:

Semi-structured, individual interviews were conducted with 11 adolescents (aged 12-17 years).
Thematic analysis was employed to identify key themes in the interview data.

Main Results:

Adolescents demonstrated a clear understanding of 'values' and their personal values.
Identified themes: meaning of values, origins (relationships, education), and importance (decision-making, self-reflection).

Conclusions:

Adolescents possess an in-depth understanding of values, their origins, and functions.
Young people may benefit from discussing their values, including within therapeutic contexts.