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# Values

### Description

Your values are your underlying drivers — your internal compass. This Dimension explores ten basic values, which are organized into four higher-order groups: self-transcendence, self-enhancement, openness to change, and conservation. Some Values oppose each other. For example, self-enhancement values such as power and achievement are opposite to self-transcendence values such as benevolence and universalism.

### Elements in Values

- [Achievement](/content/traits/elements/pvq-achievement/index.html)  
- [Benevolence](/content/traits/elements/pvq-benevolence/index.html)  
- [Tradition](/content/traits/elements/pvq-conformity/index.html)  
- [Hedonism](/content/traits/elements/pvq-hedonism/index.html)  
- [Power](/content/traits/elements/pvq-power/index.html)  
- [Security](/content/traits/elements/pvq-security/index.html)  
- [Self-direction](/content/traits/elements/pvq-self-direction/index.html)  
- [Stimulation](/content/traits/elements/pvq-stimulation/index.html)  
- [Universalism](/content/traits/elements/pvq-universalism/index.html)