Intergenerational Transmission of Values and Attitudes as Perceived by Students in Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland
Intergenerational Transmission of Values and Attitudes as Perceived by Students in Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland

Summary/Abstract: The empirical base of the article is the result of surveysconducted among students in the years 2018-2010. The purpose of theanalysis is to learn the opinions of students in the cities of Lviv andRzeszów with respect to the intergenerational transmission of valuesand attitudes. The formulation of the research problem: how do studentsin Eastern Poland and Western Ukraine perceive intergenerationaltransmission of values and attitudes? While conducting the research,both survey method and survey technique were used. Purposivesampling was determined by the following criteria: nationality, age,gender, and field of study.The foremost value which students internalised, and passed on to them bytheir mothers, is love. Assisting others and caring for loved ones were alsoapparent. The mothers of Polish students shaped the respondents’ attitudesregarding respect for others, while Ukrainian students internalised thefollowing values passed on to them by their mothers: justice, patriotism, andfreedom; in contrast to Polish students, for whom these values and attitudesappeared to be the least important. The fathers of the students shaped:industriousness and a prosperous life. The context of carrying out economicfunctions was lauded. According to Polish students, fathers passing on valuessuch as respect for others, love, and honesty were also important; similarto what Lviv students thought were important. Ukrainian respondentsemphasised that their fathers had shaped their broad intellectual horizons.For these students, honesty and justice were equally important. Studentswho had been educated in Lviv reported religiosity as the least important.This was most often instilled by their mothers (somewhat more oftenUkrainian) rather than by their fathers (somewhat more often Polish). Theresults demonstrated differences in the assessment of the transmission ofvalues and attitudes of Ukrainian and Polish mothers and fathers.

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