The impact of father's and mother's values on the formation of values of adolescents

Radical changes in the modern family attach special importance to the studies of the role of parents in the formation of value-need sphere of their children-teenagers. The study allowed to reveal the peculiarities of gender influence of parents on social and generic value-need sphere of personality (VNSP) of the adolescent, as well as to consider the interconnection of value profiles of each of the parents and their adolescent children. To identify the hierarchy of values of adolescents and their parents the study used a complex of experimental psychological methods, integrated into the «System of psychological diagnosis of value-need sphere of the personality» developed by V.G. Morogin. As a result of the empirical research it was found that values of fathers make a greater impact on the VNSP of adolescents. Values of male adolescents are more connected with values of their parents than values of female adolescents. Value profiles of social substructure of teenagers and their parents are practically the same, while generic profiles are more variable. In general, the generic substructure of adolescent daughters is more related to VNSP of fathers and adolescent sons - with VNSP of mothers. The results of the study can be used to develop specific measures to support family education, as well as in the practical work of professionals working with families.