The authors consider the issue of the relation between personal values and personality traits. They define the term “personal value” and submit their own model of personal values functioning. The authors explain their understanding of the relation between personal values and personality traits. They also state the ideas of previous authors in this sphere. The authors present two original empirical studies focused on the relation of values and traits. The studies were carried out with Slovak secondary school students (N=366) and university students (N=462). The results show that traits and values correlate, but not so distinctly so that this fact would indicate their inter-changeability. Several correlations repeat in various research.
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