The “Portrait” of Values in Family: A Cross-age Study in Sicilian Context

Purposeto analyze the similarities and the differences in relation to the value priorities and their representation among grandmothers, mothers, and granddaughters belonging to 40 Sicilian families. Measures: Portrait Values Questionnaire and Semantic Differential Technique. Results: grandmothers considered more important the values of security and conformism than the others; mothers judged more relevant the values of universalism and tradition than the others; granddaughters considered more important the values of stimulation, hedonism, and achievement than the others. In addition, mothers considered more positively the representation of self-enhancement and caring for the others than grandmothers and granddaughters.