Published: 2024-09-30

Intergenerational Transmission of Values and Attitudes as Perceived by Students in Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland

Beata Szluz , Iryna Myshchyshyn
Seminare. Learned Investigations
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1829

Abstract

The empirical base of the article is the result of surveys conducted among students in the years 2018-2010. The purpose of the analysis is to learn the opinions of students in the cities of Lviv and Rzeszów with respect to the intergenerational transmission of values and attitudes. The formulation of the research problem: how do students in Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine perceive intergenerational transmission of values and attitudes? While conducting the research, both survey method and survey technique were used. Purposive sampling was determined by the following criteria: nationality, age, gender, and field of study.

The foremost value which students internalised, and passed on to them by their mothers, is love. Assisting others and caring for loved ones were also apparent. The mothers of Polish students shaped the respondents’ attitudes regarding respect for others, while Ukrainian students internalised the following values passed on to them by their mothers: justice, patriotism, and freedom; in contrast to Polish students, for whom these values and attitudes appeared to be the least important. The fathers of the students shaped: industriousness and a prosperous life. The context of carrying out economic functions was lauded. According to Polish students, fathers passing on values such as respect for others, love, and honesty were also important; similar to what Lviv students thought were important. Ukrainian respondents emphasised that their fathers had shaped their broad intellectual horizons. For these students, honesty and justice were equally important. Students who had been educated in Lviv reported religiosity as the least important. This was most often instilled by their mothers (somewhat more often Ukrainian) rather than by their fathers (somewhat more often Polish). The results demonstrated differences in the assessment of the transmission of values and attitudes of Ukrainian and Polish mothers and fathers.

Keywords:

family, transmission of values, attitude, sociology of the family, social pedagogy, Poland, Ukraine

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Szluz, B., & Myshchyshyn, I. (2024). Intergenerational Transmission of Values and Attitudes as Perceived by Students in Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 45(2). https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.1829

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