Terminal values |
Mann-Whitney U-test |
Transdniestrian students |
Russian students |
Mean value |
Rank |
Mean value |
Rank |
Active life (fullness and emotional content of life) |
|
7.76 |
6 |
6.85 |
6 |
Life wisdom (mature judgment and common sense gained by life experience) |
6.32*** |
9.14 |
9 |
4.94 |
3 |
Health (physical and mental) |
|
4.04 |
1 |
5.04 |
4 |
Interesting job |
-5.34*** |
7.89 |
7 |
10.92 |
12 |
Beauty of nature and art (experiencing beauty in nature and art) |
3.887*** |
12.65 |
18 |
10.05 |
8 |
Love (spiritual and physical closeness to the loved person) |
-3.32** |
4.54 |
2 |
6.49 |
5 |
Material comfort in life (lack of financial difficulties) |
-8.42*** |
7.73 |
5 |
13.84 |
17 |
Good and loyal friends |
4.82*** |
11,71 |
13 |
4.89 |
2 |
Social recognition (respect of surrounding people, the work collective, workmates) |
|
10 |
11 |
10.71 |
11 |
Learning (possibility to enhance education, broaden mental horizons, general culture, intellectual level) |
-3.19** |
9.59 |
10 |
11.77 |
13 |
Productive life (the fullest use of one’s opportunities, potential and abilities) |
-3.6*** |
8.56 |
8 |
11.84 |
14 |
Development (self-improvement, constant physical and intellectual improvement) |
2.5* |
12.52 |
16 |
10.14 |
10 |
Leisure (pleasant, not taxing life, absence of obligations) |
|
10.34 |
12 |
12.27 |
15 |
Freedom (independence of judgments and acts) |
-4.22*** |
5.61 |
3 |
13.08 |
16 |
Happy family life |
|
12.51 |
15 |
4.2 |
1 |
Other people’s happiness (well-being, development and improvement of other people, the whole nation, humankind) |
|
12.61 |
17 |
14.08 |
18 |
Creativity (opportunities for creative activity) |
3.58*** |
12.35 |
14 |
9.97 |
7 |
Self-confidence (inner harmony, freedom from inner contradictions and doubts) |
-3.48** |
7.41 |
4 |
10.06 |
9 |