Value, value preferences in adolescence

The name and the topic of the thesis is values, value preferences in adolescence. The aim of the study was to determine value, value preferences of today's adolescents aged 15-23 years, and the results compared with the results of the investigation of the ladder of values that carried P. Sak and K. Saková in 2002 and are published in their book Mládež na křižovatce (Youth at the crossroads). To fulfill the goals of this work were compiled two major chapters based on specialist literature. The first chapter deals with the problems of values and the second chapter tenders a complete view of adolescence. I applied the same method as used P. Sak and K. Saková to determine the ranking of values within my own research. Respondents worked with the "Battery of values" and the meaning for each value rated on a scale from 1-5, no. 5 had the highest importance. The research was conducted with the help of the questionnaire technique. All the hypotheses of the thesis were confirmed. The value of health is ranked with the highest importace (took the first place in the value system). The value of political involvement was placed in the last position. The value of God has risen in the ranking of values. And also the values which express the movement to the material values and egoism had high rise, as I expected