printOn Values of the Student Youth in the Siberia
Ilynykh S.A.
Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof., Head of the Department of Sociology, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Novosibirsk, Russia ili.sa@mail.ru
Ilynykh S.A. On Values of the Student Youth in the Siberia. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2025. No 12. P. 140-147
The relevance of studying values is due to the fact that the value foundations of the student youth’s life world are influenced by the socio-economic, geopolitical situation and globalization processes that are changing in and around Russian society. It is shown in the paper that traditional and rationally individualistic values currently coexist and are often mutually opposed. The value system of student youth is aligned with the basic components of traditional culture, but it is also being updated and rationalized under the influence of varying living conditions. From this point of view, it is important to study the continuity of values among young people, as well as their change, the emerging of new value meanings, including ideas of the future. The empirical part of the article offers the results of a survey of the youth of the Altai Territory, Western and Eastern Siberia, conducted in 2024 (N = 6543). It is found out that the dominant terminal values are life, family, health, financial security, and career. Significant instrumental values include honesty, decency, responsibility, reliability, kindness, compassion, intelligence, and erudition. Young people associate the future of Russia with the development of science and education, the digital economy, healthcare, culture and art.
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