Worries and Values Shalom H. Schwartz Lilach Sagiv The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Klaus Boehnke Chemnitz University of Technology ABSTRACT Relations of individuals’ value priorities to their worries are investigated in seven samples from four cultural groups (N = 1,441). A social- cognitive analysis suggests that value priorities influence worries by increasing attention to and perception of threats to valued goals. On this basis, we generate hypotheses relating two types of worries, micro (about self and its extensions) and macro (about society and world), to 10 types of values. As predicted, giving priority to self-transcendence values (universalism and benevolence) is associ- ated with low micro and high macro worry, whereas giving priority to self- enhancement values (power, hedonism, and—to a lesser degree—achievement) is associated with high micro and low macro worry. Meaningful associations are also found for other values. Values account for substantially more variance in macro than in micro worries. Journal of Personality 68:2, April 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Blackwell Publishers, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA, and 108 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JF, UK. This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation founded by the Academy of Sciences and Humanities and by the Leon and Clara Sznajderman Chair of Psychology to the first author, by Grant #I-241-065 from the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development to the first and third authors, and by a grant from the Recanati Fund of the School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University to the second author. We thank Claudia Stromberg and Gila Melech for their help in carrying out the research and Anat Bardi, Arielle Lehmann, Ariel Knafo, Olga Mazo, Gila Melech, Leah Pilovsky, Sonia Roccas, Naomi Struch, and Noga Sverdlik for their comments on drafts of the manuscript.