The Value Core of Student Sustainability: Verification Methodology (Author's English translation)

Author's English translation of a peer-reviewed article originally published in Russian: Gazieva I. A. The Value Core of Student Sustainability: Verification Methodology. Society and Security Insights. 2026. Vol. 9, No. 2. pp. 104-121. DOI 10.14258/ssi(2026)2-06. In the context of a deep transformation of the socio-cultural environment and fragmentation of value orientations, the task of moving from a declarative description of youth values to the identification of their stable, behaviorally realizable core is actualized. The purpose of this study is to identify the value core of student youth's resilience, based on the results of an analysis of the degree of interiorization of values among student youth. The methodology is based on the author's four-component empirical model, which evaluates value according to the parameters: ideal, significance, readiness and action. The empirical basis was data from a mass survey (n = 3864) of students from leading Russian universities; Spearman's correlation analysis was used to identify structural relationships. The criterion for selection to the value core was the high intra-value consistency of all four components and the presence of stable inter-value clusters. It is revealed that the stable core is formed by state-patriotic (patriotism, service to the Fatherland, historical memory) and spiritual and moral values (family, charity, priority of the spiritual), while the values of personal growth and universal norms (rights, justice, health) remain predominantly declarative, demonstrating the gap between ideal and action. All five correlation tables and all 67 unique Spearman coefficients are reproduced as machine-readable tables. The original Russian article is the authoritative version and the preferred citation.