Children's personal values and their behavior in the classroom in the early elementary school years: mapping longitudinal trajectories.

ABSTRACT: This study pioneers the examination of developmental trajectories of children's personal values and their behavior in the classroom at the start of elementary school, exploring these dynamics of change in younger children. Additionally, we consider the classroom context, being an important but often overlooked setting for children's value development. In a sample of 1,184 Swiss children (Mean age at T1: 6.82 years) who self-reported their values and whose classroom teachers rated their behavior at four time points, set three to four months apart, we analyzed trajectories of personal values and classroom behaviors at both individual and classroom levels. Multilevel growth curve analyses revealed similar trajectories of value change at both individual and classroom levels, showing a substant

SUBMITTER: Scholz-Kuhn R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12185584 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature