ПОРЕМЕЋАЈ ПОРОДИЧНОГ СИСТЕМА ВРЕДНОСТИ МЛАДИХ У СРБИЈИ
DISORDER OF THE FAMILY SYSTEM OF YOUTH VALUES IN SERBIA

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this paper is the family value system of young people in Serbia, ie the consideration of its potential "disorder" in the form of transformation that has been taking place in the country in recent decades. Many sociological studies have found data on the polarization of family values in young people, that is, on the adoption of modern family values in some young people (delays in marriage, evaluation of extramarital cohabitation, symmetrical parenting, equality and gender equality) versus the rest of young people who still remain faithful to traditional family values (valuing marriage and striving for procreation as the basic function of marriage, disapproval of divorce, tendency towards strict division of roles in the family and asymmetric parenting).The thesis on the polarization of family values of young people in Serbia was tested for the needs of a doctoral dissertation whose goal was to determine whether in the period from 2005-2015 in Serbia there was really a polarization of family values in young people. The obtained data showed that there was no crisis of family values, nor was the family in crisis, because traditional family values still persisted, which were reflected in advocating for certain forms of family and marriage, as well as challenging alternatives. However, the presence of modern family values was established among the youngest and most educated, which was reflected in the pursuit of individual autonomy, as well as the equalization of men and women and their gender roles. Accordingly, the author of the dissertation then concluded that it was not a matter of "disruption" of the family value system, but a positive transformation was at work, characterized by democratization and egalitarianism as a result of greater diversity of lifestyles. It was not a crisis of the family, but a crisis of the ideal (traditional) type of family. This crisis did not mean that the traditional family disappeared, but only lost its monopoly: new forms of the modern family were characterized by a kind of continuity with the traditional one. This paper is just another attempt to gain new knowledge based on the latest available data related to the family value system of young people. The author wonders whether the positive transformation is still in progress or whether the polarization of family values of young people has taken on a negative connotation.

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