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Describing the values of Filipino adolescents: a comparison with pan-cultural norms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2014

Allan B. I. Bernardo ,
Jose Antonio R. Clemente  and
Gregory Arief D. Liem
Allan B. I. Bernardo*
Affiliation:
University of Macau
Jose Antonio R. Clemente
Affiliation:
University of Macau and University of the Philippines, Diliman
Gregory Arief D. Liem
Affiliation:
National Institute of Education, Singapore
*
address for correspondence: Allan B. I. Bernardo, Department of Psychology, PLG334 Pearl Jubilee Building, University of Macau, Macau SARChina; email: allanbibernardo@umac.mo
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Abstract

An etic approach was used to describe the values of Filipino adolescents and to show how pan-cultural comparisons using a values survey can complement emic approaches to studying values. Participants were 752 adolescents who answered the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ). The results indicate that PVQ has structural validity and adequate internal consistency. Ranks of the value types were compared with pan-cultural student norms; the results indicate that (a) Filipino adolescents’ value type hierarchies are substantially similar (same top, same middle, same bottom ranked values), and (b) Filipino adolescents gave higher rankings for hedonism and stimulation and lower ranking for achievement.

Keywords

valuesadolescentspan-cultural normsPortrait Values QuestionnairePhilippinesetic-vs.-emic approaches
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Journal of Tropical Psychology , Volume 4 , 2014 , e2
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2014 

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