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
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
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青少年政治参与的先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题：青少年政治参与、政治效能与政治兴趣关系的纵向分析
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2017
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P. Macek
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Jan Šerek;H. Machácková;P. Macek
对年轻人政治行为的研究往往将政治效能或政治兴趣等心理因素作为政治参与的前因。本研究考察了效能和兴趣是否也是参与的结果，以及这种影响是否在三种类型的政治参与中有所不同。数据来自两波纵向调查768捷克青少年（14-17岁的时间1,54%的女性）。研究结果支持心理因素受参与性体验影响的命题。交叉滞后模型显示了从参与到心理因素变化的纵向影响，但没有相反方向的影响。抗议参与预测较高的兴趣和内部政治效能，但较低的外部政治效能，志愿活动预测较高的外部政治效能，代表性参与对心理因素没有影响。总体而言，我们的研究结果指出了青少年参与性经历的形成作用，以及不同类型的政治参与对政治发展的不同影响。
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.