The Value of the Family in the Opinions of State University Students. An Outline of the Problem Cover Image

Wartość rodziny w opiniach studentów państwowych uczelni wyższych. Zarys problemu
The Value of the Family in the Opinions of State University Students. An Outline of the Problem

Author(s): Ewa Pasternak-Kobyłecka, Małgorzata Przybysz-Zaręba
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Higher Education , Family and social welfare
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: family; value; authority

Summary/Abstract: The family has been and still is an important asset in the lives of people of all ages. In a special way, children make themselves identified with it, so as to be able to construct a similar family model in their adulthood. The paper authors have attempted to seek answers to the following questions: “What are the family values in the opinions of the students?”; “What does a family mean for them?”; “What family model dominates in their statements?” And “What are students ready to do/sacrifice for their own family?”. This is why they conducted a survey among 80 students of four state-owned universities. The obtained material shows that the family still occupies a priority place in the hierarchy of values of young adult students, remains a “timeless” value for them, all the time being firmly embedded in human life despite many oncoming socio-economic transformations. The researched subjects tend to construct a family model similar to their own biological family i.e., the model based on a marriage and cemented by the birth of children and their upbringing.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 31-41
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish