摘要：The perception of family and marriage is changing in the Croatian society in the sense that the patriarchal model is being abandoned (Nikodem, 2010.). This is partly evident in the ever growing divorce rate. However, the research shows that family is still the greatest of life values both in Europe and in Croatia. It is still the most important factor in the formation of the value system of an individual. In the family value transfer model (Goodnow, 1992.), it is reasonably expected that priorities and attitudes regarding life values are very similar within one family. Still, this hypothesis has not been confirmed by some research (Josefowich et al., 1994.). Hence in our research we wished to examine whether there are generation related differences towards divorce on the one hand and family congruity on the other. Another goal of this research was to establish whether life values determine individual attitudes towards divorce. 306 respondents took part in the research (153 pairs of mothers and their late adolescent and post-adolescent daughters). A shorter version of Life Values Inventory was used (Crace and Brown, 1996.) as well as Attitudes Toward Divorce Scale (Kinnard and Gerard, 1986.). The results show that daughters hold a much more positive attitude towards divorce than their mothers. They also value intimacy more than their mothers. Within the family there is a high level of agreement on value priorities and attitudes towards divorce. In both groups of respondents spirituality as a life value plays an important role in their attitude towards divorce, while other values are largely irrelevant.
关键词：life values; attitude towards divorce; generation differences; family connection
