May 2025, № 2 (246), pages 22-29

doi: 10.25198/1814-6457-246-22

Epanchintseva G.A., Kozlovskaya T.N. STUDENTS’ VALUE REPRESENTATIONS OF FAMILYThe relevance of the topic of family as a value is caused by a decline in interest in creating a family and the very institution of marriage, a change in the understanding of the role and importance of the family in the minds of the younger generation, the devaluation of the family institution, and the transformation of gender-role expectations from spouses. The authors attempted a pilot study of ideas about the family and the value attitude of students to family life. Research methods: analysis, synthesis and synthesis of psychological literature; empirical — experiment, testing using the methodology “Study of the psychological characteristics of value orientations as a mechanism for regulating behavior” (Yu. N. Semenko), questionnaire by A.K. Aleshina “Distribution of roles in the family”, methods of N.V. Volkova “Role expectations of partners”; statistical — analysis of the experiment using the Mann-Whitney U test. As a result of the experiment, it was revealed that girls consider the most important factor to be material security; factors such as a favorite and interesting job, a faithful, devoted friend are also important for them. Girls believe that the emotional climate in the family, the organization of entertainment, and the family subculture depend to a greater extent on the woman, while material support should depend on the man. Girls have high expectations regarding common interests with their future spouse, needs, value orientations, and ways of spending time. They have a clearly expressed focus on the active parental position of their marriage partner, i.e. active participation of the spouse in raising children. It is also important for female respondents to have the opportunity to express themselves professionally. The role expectations of both girls and boys are equally expressed in matters of providing moral and emotional support from a partner. The boys identified most of the values as the most important. They have a less optimistic view of people in general and a less thrifty attitude towards money. For young men, the role of children in a person’s life seems more significant and their orientation towards the joint activities of spouses in all spheres of family life is more pronounced. Young men want to realize themselves in professional activities, but they are not against such desire on the part of their spouse. The results were tested using mathematical statistics using the Mann-Whitney U test.Key words: students, family, marital relationships, marital compatibility, roles in the family.

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Authors: Epanchintseva G.A., Kozlovskaya T.N.

Year: 2025

doi: 10.25198/1814-6457-246-22

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