Does family experience influence political beliefs? Relation between interparental conflict perceptions and political efficacy in late adolescence

Šerek, Jan; Lacinová, Lenka; Macek, Petr

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.001

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Here we adopt the notion commented on earlier that some aspects of family life have similar characteristics to participation in general. Cognitive schemata, formed in the family, are generalized and have an infl uence in other spheres, for example in community or political participation (Šerek, Lacinová & Macek, 2012). In fact adolescents' perceptions of their own leverage in issues aff ecting their communities, schools, etc.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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What Factors Promote Participation at School Among Adolescents in Secondary Education?

Bertomeu¹,

Baños²,

Álvarez³

2019

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This study presents an analysis of the factors favouring participation among adolescents in compulsory secondary education in the city of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain). The sample was composed of 297 young people with an average age of 15. We investigated the adolescents' concept of participation, enquiring into what principles, behaviours and feelings they identifi ed with it. Also, we questioned them on their purposes for participating and the consequences deriving from their practice. Finally, we enquired into the diff erent spheres in which they thought they could participate. One outstanding fi nding was that respondents saw participation in much broader terms than simply voting in elections, instead associating it with feelings of belonging, expression and learning. For the adolescents participation brought personal benefi ts linked to self-esteem, but above all social benefi ts oriented towards community development. The diff erent spheres in which they participated were mostly their families and schools. A regression analysis was carried out, calculating the predictive weight of all the variables relating to participation. Results indicated that adolescents with a broader concept of participation, i.e. those for whom participating brought a wider range of benefi ts, participated more. Also, higher levels of participation in the family and neighbourhood were related to greater participation at school.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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What Factors Promote Participation at School Among Adolescents in Secondary Education?

Bertomeu¹,

Baños²,

Álvarez³

2019

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“…Strong family connections are associated with increased civic engagement (e.g., voting, volunteering, participating in social actions) (Duke, Skay, Pettingell, & Borowsky, 2009). Adolescents exposed to parental conflicts who feel that they cannot reduce home conflict levels subsequently experience depressive moods and lower political efficacy (Šerek, Lacinová, & Macek, 2013), suggesting that youths' experience in their immediate environment can affect how they feel about civil society more broadly.…”

Section: Parental Expectations and Supportmentioning

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Civic Engagement Among Youth Exposed to Community Violence: Directions for Research and Practice

Jain¹,

Cohen

Kawashima-Ginsberg

et al. 2019

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Historically and contemporarily marginalized youth who are disproportionately exposed to community violence are often the same youth who are less likely to be civically engaged. However, the community violence and civic engagement literatures have not yet fully explored how these experiences may be linked in young people's lives and in relation to what other forces. Using developmental assets and ecological-transactional frameworks, we review the emerging literature on civic engagement among youth exposed to community violence and how external developmental assets and neighborhood collective efficacy may create opportunity for their increased civic engagement. We present numerous conceptually-and empirically-based hypotheses to further examine the intersections between exposure to community violence and youth civic engagement. Ultimately, we identify opportunities for intervention.This literature review explores if and how youth civic engagement experiences vary by exposure to community violence (ETV), and suggest future directions for research and practice. We begin by justifying why this work is warranted, providing examples of violence exposures that youth experience, and describing the development of civic engagement across adolescence and into adulthood. We then review theoretical and empirical evidence that demonstrates how civic engagement can be part of resilience expressed by violence-exposed youth and be leveraged in youth-led actions to mitigate that violence. We follow by reviewing the literature on inequalities in civic engagement and exposure to community violence, documenting how structurally marginalized young people are often both less civically engaged and more exposed to community violence. We proceed to explore possible interventions that can support civic engagement among youth exposed to violence. We conclude by offering recommendations for future research and implications for policy and practice to enhance opportunities for civic engagement among youth exposed to community violence.

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“…Other studies have concluded negatively about the possibility of Internet use enhancing PE. Serek and Macek () found that over a five‐month period of increased media consumption, including Internet use, PE levels did not change. Rather, they assert that the media consumption level depends on one's sense of PE.…”

Section: Political Efficacy and Internet Use: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But one might argue that it is the concept of PE itself that is the problem: First, the definition of PE and the way in which PE is referenced is so diverse among the studies that its use for finding an answer to the above question is questionable. For example, some studies do not distinguish between IPE and EPE (Brunsting & Postmes, ; Quintelier & Vissers, ; Vitak et al, ); some refer to one of either of IPE or EPE as simply PE (Serek & Macek, ); others, while distinguishing between IPE and EPE, use PE throughout the text without clarifying which is being specified (Coleman et al, ; Sharoni, ). Since IPE and EPE differ in their characteristics (Balch, ; Craig & Maggiotto, ), a lack of such differentiation in the research hypotheses tends to invalidate the answers because it is not clear whether a different statistical outcome might result by specifying IPE or EPE.…”

Section: Political Efficacy and Internet Use: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Online Political Efficacy (OPE) as a Reliable Survey Measure of Political Empowerment When Using the Internet

Sasaki¹

2016

Policy &Amp; Internet

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There is currently no consensus on whether Internet use and Political Efficacy (PE) are related. Here, I identify PE as a defective indicator of the relationship between Internet use and sense of PE when online. Instead, I demonstrate that Online Political Efficacy (OPE), a subset of PE, is a more reliable measure. I first review the relevant literature, highlighting the limitations of PE. Second, I define and operationalize OPE. Third, the validity of OPE is tested by examining how each of OPE and PE are associated with variables characteristic of Internet users by analyzing data from the World Internet Project Japan 2008 survey. The survey has four questions used to assess OPE and a correlation test indicates that these were consistent internally as well as externally. The test revealed that OPE and PE had differing associations with the variables that characterize Internet users, leading to the conclusion that PE is a misleading measure, and supporting the conclusion that OPE is a more accurate measure of how an individual feels politically empowered by using the Internet. Finally, a framework is provided for further studies of OPE.

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Does family experience influence political beliefs? Relation between interparental conflict perceptions and political efficacy in late adolescence

Cited by 21 publications

References 57 publications

What Factors Promote Participation at School Among Adolescents in Secondary Education?

What Factors Promote Participation at School Among Adolescents in Secondary Education?

Civic Engagement Among Youth Exposed to Community Violence: Directions for Research and Practice

Online Political Efficacy (OPE) as a Reliable Survey Measure of Political Empowerment When Using the Internet

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