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2017
The Chicken or Egg Question of Adolescents’ Political Involvement : Longitudinal Analysis of the Relation Between Young People’s Political Participation, Political Efficacy, and Interest in Politics
ŠEREK, Jan; Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ and Petr MACEK
Basic information
Original name
The Chicken or Egg Question of Adolescents’ Political Involvement : Longitudinal Analysis of the Relation Between Young People’s Political Participation, Political Efficacy, and Interest in Politics
Authors
ŠEREK, Jan; Hana MACHÁČKOVÁ and Petr MACEK
Edition
Zeitschrift für Psychologie, Göttingen, Hogrefe Verlag, 2017, 2190-8370
Other information
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
Psychology
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Marked to be transferred to RIV
Yes
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095266
Organization
Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository
Keywords in English
political participation; internal political efficacy; external political efficacy; political interest; adolescence
Links
GA14-20582S, research and development project.
In the original language
Research on the political behavior of young people often approaches psychological factors such as political efficacy or interest as antecedents of political participation. This study examines whether efficacy and interest are also outcomes of participation and if this effect differs across three types of political participation. Data from a two-wave longitudinal survey of 768 Czech adolescents (aged 14–17 years at Time 1, 54% females) was used. Findings support the proposition that psychological factors are affected by participatory experiences. Cross-lagged models showed longitudinal effects from participation to changes in psychological factors, but not effects in the opposite direction. Protest participation predicted higher interest and internal political efficacy, but lower external political efficacy, volunteering predicted higher external political efficacy, and representational participation had no effects on psychological factors. Overall, our findings point out the formative role of participatory experiences in adolescence and the diverse effects of different types of political participation on political development.
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