Human Values, Purpose & Meaning 2025 (Dataset)

Name: Human Values, Purpose & Meaning 2025 (Dataset)
Creator: Human Clarity Institute
Published: 2025-11-25
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A de-identified open dataset of 507 adults, capturing how people understand their core personal values, sense of meaning, life direction, fulfilment, behavioural alignment, and emotional wellbeing — and how these relate to digital environments and AI influence.

Measures include clarity of values, meaning and purpose indicators, fulfilment, alignment vs misalignment, self-trust, distraction from values, digital/AI influence on decisions, and emotional wellbeing.

Part of the Human Clarity Institute’s AI–Human Experience Data Series.

Framework

HRL domain(s): Values & Meaning

Registry Construct Alignment: behavioural_alignment, meaning_coherence

Listed constructs reflect longitudinal, registry-mapped item alignment and do not represent the full thematic scope of this dataset.

DOI and Repository Links

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This dataset is archived in GitHub, Zenodo, and Figshare for long-term preservation.

Citation

APA

Human Clarity Institute. (2025). Human Values, Purpose & Meaning 2025 (Dataset). Human Clarity Institute. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17705733

BibTeX

@dataset{hci_human_values_purpose_meaning_2025,
  author    = {Human Clarity Institute},
  title     = {Human Values, Purpose \& Meaning 2025 (Dataset)},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.17705733},
  url       = {https://humanclarityinstitute.com/datasets/human-values-purpose-meaning-2025/},
  license   = {CC-BY-4.0}
}

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

You are free to share, adapt, and build upon this dataset for any purpose, including commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given to the Human Clarity Institute.

Full licence text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

View the Data Summary & Key Findings →

Study Methodology

This dataset forms part of the Human Clarity Institute’s Human–AI Experience research programme, examining how people define their core values, experience meaning and purpose, and interpret behavioural alignment in the context of digital life and emerging AI systems. The study uses a cross-sectional online survey design and focuses on descriptive patterns in values clarity, life meaning, behavioural alignment, digital distraction, and attitudes towards AI and human judgement.

Data were collected on 25 November 2025 via the Prolific research platform from adults across six English-speaking countries. Participants provided explicit informed consent for anonymised data publication as part of HCI’s open research programme.

Sampling & participants

Clean dataset: 507 valid responses
Countries: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland
Eligibility: Adults (18+) fluent in English
Recruitment platform: Prolific

Study limitations

The survey uses a non-probability convenience sample and is not nationally representative.
Results are based on self-reported responses and reflect perceived experiences.
The study uses a cross-sectional design, capturing responses at a single point in time.
The dataset is descriptive and exploratory and does not support causal inference.

Human Values in Practice

Human Values in Practice examines how clarity about what matters may influence behaviour, energy, and the quality of attention in everyday digital life.

Values vs Noise

Values vs Noise uncovers how busyness and distraction erode purpose — and how reconnecting with values helps people find direction again.

Data use and reuse terms are outlined in our Data Use & Disclaimer.