This course will reference several academic texts, however, the following are considered the most essential to the program.

For those of you who would like to get a head-start on your reading, you can download these now if you prefer, otherwise, each text will be made available as it is discussed in the program.

1. An Overview on The Theory of Basic Human Values

2. Shalom H. Schwartz biography

3. The value of value congruence

4. The social psychology of values

5. Chapter 2: How age influences values (starts on page 6)

6. Sex Differences in Value Priorities: Cross-Cultural and Multi-method Studies

7. Cross-National Variation in the Size of Sex Differences in Values: Effects of Gender Equality

8. Affirmation of personal values buffers neuroendocrine and psychological stress responses

9. Is always having good values sometimes bad for us?

10. The ‘dark side’ of personal values: Relations to clinical constructs and their implications