The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship of adolescents` 4 value orientation(collective value orientation, CVO; individualistic value orientation, IVO; familism value orientation, FVO; materialistic value orientation, MVO) to their ...
The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship of adolescents` 4 value orientation(collective value orientation, CVO; individualistic value orientation, IVO; familism value orientation, FVO; materialistic value orientation, MVO) to their life satisfaction and to examine their value orientation by age, sex, parents` educational level and perceived SES. The sample consisted of 130 middle school students, 123 high school students and 91 undergraduates in Seoul. Data was analysed by Pearson`s product moment correlation, t-test and ANOVA. Major findings were as follows; (1) Adolescents` CVO was positively related with FVO and their IVO with MVO. (2) Adolescents` CVO and FVO were positively related with life satisfaction of family, school, self and general life and their MVO with life satisfaction of family. But their IVO was not related with their life satisfaction. (3) Adolescents` FVO and IVO were significantly different by age and sex, but their CVO and MVO were not. And Adolescents` IVO was significantly different by mother`s educational level and perceived SES, but their CVO, FVO and MVO were not.