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  • Developmental psychology
  • Personality science
  • Childhood studies

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  • Values are foundational personality aspects guiding aspirations.
  • While values are recognized in middle childhood, their individual developmental trajectories remain under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To longitudinally examine value development and stability in middle childhood.
  • To understand how children's core aspirations evolve over time.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 298 children (mean age 7 years, 3 months) over four annual assessments.
  • Latent growth curve modeling to analyze value change patterns.

Main Results:

  • Value stability increased with age and decreased with longer time intervals.
  • Children's value hierarchies showed similarities to adolescents and adults.
  • Openness to change and self-transcendence values increased, while conservation and self-enhancement values decreased.
  • Value structure became more differentiated with age.

Conclusions:

  • Middle childhood is a period where children demonstrate stable values and coherent developmental changes.
  • Children prioritize growth-related values (openness) and decrease focus on protective values (conservation).