Comparison of the Value Orientation of Youth and Young Adult Patients of Drug Treatment Centres, Clients of Resocialisation Facilities and Students of Teacher Study Programmes
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https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2026.1.57.69Keywords:
values, value orientation, social skills, social and pro-social behaviour, addiction, prevention, specific and non-specific preventionAbstract
Aim. The aim of the paper is to specify the areas of values and value orientation that need to be strengthened in the framework of school prevention, based on the analysis of the results of a survey of the value orientation of youth and young adults (through the questionnaire HO-PO-MO).
Methods. We used the Values Orientations, Attitudes toward Values, and Motivations for Performance Questionnaire (further referred to as HO-PO-MO). The research sample consisted of 285 respondents, 109 respondents from the Centre for Children and Families (further referred to as CDR) - a resocialisation facility for drug addiction treatment Komunita Ľudovítov and the Centre for Drug Addiction Treatment in Košice (further referred to as CPLDZ) with an average age of 31 years and 176 respondents from among students of full-time and part-time teacher study programs at the Catholic University in Ružomberok and Charles University in Prague.
Results. The results of the research show differences in motivation, value orientation, and prosocial behaviour among CDR clients, CPLDZs, and students of teaching study programmes. The research confirmed the existence of statistically significant differences in motivation to prosocial behaviour. Significant differences further emerged in value orientation.
Conclusions. The findings indicate the need to strengthen moral and prosocial value orientations in preventive education, particularly among populations at risk of social exclusion and substance abuse. School prevention should emphasise the development of empathy, cooperation, and responsibility alongside cognitive skills. Value-oriented and experiential learning approaches appear crucial for promoting healthy personal development and social reintegration.
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