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During wartime, personal values like self-direction and achievement decreased, while power and security values increased. War threats significantly altered individual motivational systems, impacting value changes.

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  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Conflict Studies

Background:

  • War significantly impacts individual psychological states and value systems.
  • Understanding value shifts during conflict is crucial for psychological resilience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine changes in personal values among young Jewish Israelis during the 2023 Gaza conflict.
  • To investigate the influence of situational and socio-demographic factors on value alteration during wartime.

Main Methods:

  • A two-wave longitudinal study design.
  • Data collected pre-war (October 2023) and eight months into the Gaza conflict.
  • Participants: 600 Jewish Israelis aged 18-35 years.

Main Results:

  • Decreased importance of self-direction-action and achievement values.
  • Increased importance of power-dominance and security-social values.
  • Perceived threat correlated with specific value changes (e.g., increased power-dominance, decreased universalism-care).

Conclusions:

  • Wartime threats dynamically alter individual motivational systems.
  • Personal values adapt in response to existential threats during armed conflict.
  • Findings enhance understanding of psychological coping mechanisms in war.