The role of personal values in the psychological well-being of modern high school students

Abstract

The article presents the results of the analysis of the values relationship (model Sh.Schwartz) and the various elements of the well-being structure (model K.Ryff) among high school students. The study involved 69 high school students from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan republics. It was found that the scale of "Personal growth" has the greatest significance in the structure of the psychological well-being of all students. It was found that the structure of psychological well-being differs depending on its level. For adolescents with a high level of well-beingthe indicators on the scales “Personal growth” and “Goals in life” were the most significant, the lowest indicators were on the scales “Autonomy” and “Self-acceptance”. The respondents from the group with a low level of well-being have higher rates on the scales "Personal growth" and "Autonomy" and the minimum - on a scale "Self-acceptance" and "Positive attitude with others". For all respondents, the basic values of higher order turned out to be the values of “Openness to Change”, the least significant values of Self-determination. Values that are of greater importance for schoolchildren with high and low levels of well-being were also highlighted. More meaningful for high school students with a high level of well-being compared with schoolchildren with a low level of well-being is the value Benevolence (with p=0.001). When examining the relationship between well-being and values in the entire sample, a large number of correlations were found between the various components of psychological well-being and values at different levels. However, an analysis of interrelations with regard to individual components of psychological well-being demonstrates that the level of psychological well-being of high school students will be determined by how much they feel that they are involved in important groups for them. High school students with a low level of well-being, while there is a desire to become independent, are autonomous in their thinking and actions, but in this situation it is difficult to develop positive relationships with others.