Smack, Avante J.Tackett, Jennifer L.Walker, Rheeda L.Tang, RuiHerzhoff, Kathrin2018-02-232018-02-232017-12Copyright 2017 Collabra: Psychology. Recommended citation: Smack, Avante J., Kathrin Herzhoff, Rui Tang, Rheeda L. Walker, and Jennifer L. Tackett. "A Latent Class Analysis of Personal Values in Young Adults." Collabra: Psychology 3, no. 1 (2017). DOI: 10.1525/collabra.114. URL: https://www.collabra.org/articles/10.1525/collabra.114/. Reproduced in accordance with licensing terms and with the author's permission.http://hdl.handle.net/10657/2279Human values and motivations are a powerful predictor of behavior, and Schwartz's taxonomy offers a meaningful organizational system for robust value dimensions (Schwartz, 1992). Although values clearly represent a meaningful and culturally relevant dimension of individual differences, they remain poorly understood particularly in regards to how values co-occur and manifest within individuals. The purpose of the present study was to examine how values co-occur and manifest within individuals. A racially/ethnically diverse sample of 1, 308 undergraduate students (351 males, Mage = 21.70, SD = 5.22) reported on their personal values and personality traits. Latent class analyses revealed support for two value classes: personal-focused (N = 210) and social-focused (N = 1098), which map onto hypotheses of value configurations based on Schwartz's taxonomy (Schwartz, 1992). The value classes also exhibited differences based on racial/ethnic composition, gender composition, and personality trait association, also consistent with previous research. The current study provides evidence for two value types that manifest across two countries in North America.en-USPersonal valuesPersonality traitsRacial differencesarticle