Предпочтение ценностей высоко- и низкоаутентичными школьниками в зависимости от пола

Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика. 2025. Т. 22. № 3. С. 593–613.

Bayramyan R., Chulyukin K. S.

Contemporary research increasingly highlights the need to expand the age boundaries of authenticity studies. The foundational bases of authentic thinking and the manifestation of authentic behavior are laid precisely in childhood. Schoolchildren accept and express their authenticity, among other factors, depending on the socio-cultural context. Within this framework, the value sphere gains particular significance, as it is actively formed and acquires new orientations during this period. School-aged children are able to rank values according to their true preferences and their authentic life experience. The aim of this study is to examine schoolchildren’s value preferences depending on gender in groups with high and low levels of authenticity. The sample consisted of 159 respondents (aged 7–12 years; M = 9.4; SDage = 1.29), including 86 boys and 73 girls. The research toolkit included an author-developed authenticity questionnaire and the “Picture-Based Value Survey for Children”. The results revealed statistically significant differences in value preferences between the boys and girls in the high- and low-authenticity groups. The high-authentic schoolchildren were found to prefer values of conformity more frequently than their low-authentic peers. Additionally, the value of power was particularly significant among the high-authentic girls, while universalism was more important for the low-authentic boys. The value of benevolence was salient for both the high- and low-authentic boys compared to the girls in the same groups. The study has confirmed the hypothesis regarding the existence of significant differences in value preferences between boys and girls in groups with high and low authenticity. The obtained results may contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationship between authenticity and the value sphere in developmental psychology and serve as a basis for further research in this area.

Keywords: values, ценности, аутентичность, школьники, gender, пол, authenticity, schoolchildren