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Your strongest values are Self-Direction and Universality.

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Explanation of Values:

Benevolence covers the need to preserve and enhance the welfare of those with
whom one is in frequent personal contact. Benevolence provides an internalized
motivational base for cooperative and supportive social relations. This may conflict
with the pursuit of achievement, such as seeking individual success over that of the
group.

Universality measures the need for understanding, appreciation, and tolerance

among all the peoples of the world, as well as the need for the welfare and
protection of nature. Universality may also be expressed as concern for the weak and
those in the minority. Universality sometimes contrasts with the in-group focus of
benevolence.

Security denotes the need to preserve the harmony, security, and stability of oneself
and one’s community. People who prioritize security are more likely to view
demanding and unfamiliar challenges as threatening, whereas those with a lower
emphasis on security are more likely to see such challenges as exciting. Those who
struggle with economic hardship are more likely to assign importance to security
values than would those who live in relative comfort.

Achievement is linked with prioritizing individual success in accordance with

accepted social standards (e.g., obtaining a respected title or amassing a lot of
money). Achievement is essential to personal success and is often evident in the life
choices of those who strive to progress their career or ascend to leadership
positions. The pursuit of success is often closely linked with the pursuit of the power
value.

Hedonism measures how important the attainment of pleasure and sensuous

gratification is to the individual. People who are high in hedonism often prioritize the
greatest amount of pleasure possible for themselves. With aging and retirement, the
ways in which hedonism is expressed tend to shift from active towards more
sedentary pursuits.
Stimulation denotes the individual’s need for excitement, novelty, and change in
their life. The pursuit of stimulation is likely to undermine the pursuit of the tradition
value, which is more concerned with preserving time-honored values. Stimulation
values are often expressed when faced with a number of uncertain yet exciting
opportunities, such as when young adults could conceivably mold their lives in any
direction they see fit.

Power measures the importance the individual assigns to having social status,
prestige, and control or dominance over people and resources. This value, which
centers on social esteem, emphasizes the attainment or preservation of a dominant
position within the social system.

Self-direction is the need for independent thought and action in choosing, creating,
and exploring the individual’s own life and environment. This value is derived from
the innate need for mastery as well as from the interpersonal demand for autonomy.
Self-direction values often oppose conformity, security, and tradition values.

Tradition denotes respect, commitment, and acceptance of the customs and ideas
that the traditional culture of the individual holds to be best. Tradition is closely
associated with conformity since both of these values prioritize the community over
the self. On the other hand, tradition specifically entails subordination to more
abstract considerations such as cultural ideas, customs, and religious practices,
whereas conformity is more concerned with whatever norms the individual finds
themselves surrounded by.

Conformity measures the restraint of actions, inclinations, and impulses likely to

upset or violate the community’s social expectations or norms. This value specifically
entails subordination to the norms and customs that are set before the individual by
authority figures such as parents, teachers, or political leaders.

References
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Knoppen, Desirée & Saris, Willem. (2009). Evaluation of the Portrait Values
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