The moderating role of political interest: Investigating involvement in institutional and non-institutional political participation among young adults in Sweden

Dahl, Viktor; Abdelzadeh, Ali; Sohl, Sofia

doi:10.3224/pcs.v7i1-2.09

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“…However, few studies have examined empirically typologies of youth citizenship defined by active participation and interest (Amnå & Ekman, 2014) and none, to our knowledge, have expanded them by including a dimension of trust or have analyzed them in multinational samples. Thus, the patterns of youth involvement in our analysis are identified by three indicators: (a) activity in civic and political participation , which was expected to distinguish between active and inactive youth; (b) political and social interest , which was expected to distinguish between latently involved and uninvolved youth; (c) trust in institutions and in the political processes , which was expected to differentiate between trustful and distrustful attitude toward the political process (Dahl et al, 2016; Gamson, 1968). We expect to be able to identify up to six groups of adolescents with different combinations of involvement and political trust, distinguishing between: those that are engaged latently and/or actively in a trustful manner, those that are engaged latently and/or actively in a distrustful manner, those that are unengaged while trusting institutions and those that are unengaged and distrustful (i.e., alienated).…”

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Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries

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Studies on youth participation tend to characterize youth as either active and trustful or as passive and alienated. This cross-national and longitudinal study examines patterns of citizenship orientations characterized by both manifest and latent involvement differentiated by one’s position toward institutional politics (trustful or distrustful) among 1,914 adolescents from five European countries (53.5% female; Mage = 16.27). Demographic and proximal contextual correlates associated with different orientations at a 1-year interval were also assessed. Latent profile analysis identified four groups of citizenship orientations among adolescents: engaged trustful, engaged distrustful, unengaged trustful, and unengaged distrustful. Differences of membership likelihood were found for background characteristics (gender and family income), school characteristics (track, democratic climate, student participation, and its perceived quality), family, and peer norms of participation.

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Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries

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“…Those dimensions refer to Political Knowledge (PK), Political Interest (PI), and Political Efficacy (PE). Few studies have shown that these three variables could act as solid predictors towards political participation (Galston, 2001;Zaheer, 2016;Dahl, Abdelzadeh, & Sohl, 2018). Based on the definition of these three, PK refers to a cognitive component of politics, PI refers to an emotion that drives people to participate in politics, and PE refers to belief related to politics as a tool for change.…”

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Young People and the Psychological Orientation towards Politics (POTP): Identifying Gender, Ethnicity, and Educational Background as Predictors

Adinugroho

Wibawa

2021

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The research addressed a psychological orientation of young people towards politics (Psychological Orientation towards Politics/POTP). It focused on three primary variables: Political Efficacy (PE), Political Interest (PI), and Political Knowledge (PK) in relation to gender identity (male and female), ethnicity (Tionghoa & non-Tionghoa), and educational background (socio-political science and non-socio-political science). As a young democratic country, Indonesia faced various challenges while pursuing robust democracy like another developed country. One big challenge faced by Indonesia was related to the awareness of political participation, the most central element for a democratic country where people must be aware that they have legitimate power. To overcome these challenges, investigation on variables related to psychological dimensions of humans was needed to start developing a behavioral map of political behavior in Indonesia, particularly concentrating on young people as the next generation of Indonesia democracy. Data were collected from the online panel. Results from descriptive statistics and linear regression models with three blocks have shown that these three variables have played an important role in determining POTP in young people. PK is the most affected variable compared to the other two variables. In conclusion, the identification of ethnicity (Tionghoa vs. non-Tionghoa) and educational background are possible factors that may affect the degree of POTP in the female group.

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“…Youth may, for example, act according to what is expected of them, or because an action is personally important or momentarily beneficial to them, rather than being in line with their intrinsic political opinion (Koestner et al, 1996; Lopes et al, 2009). Also, political self-efficacy, relationships and attitudes towards others, trust in political institutions and democratic ideals, and existing political opportunities appear to matter (Dahl et al, 2018; Vromen, 2017; Oser & Hooghe, 2018). What is lacking is knowledge of the early motivational conditions that might turn youth’s political interest into political action.…”

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Setting societal engagement goals during adolescence amplifies the impacts of political interest on political activities during young adulthood

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Amnå

Russo

2022

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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This study examines whether youth’s goals for their future societal engagement affect their future political activities. We hypothesized, first, that youth’s political interest would be a central predictor of their future political activities and, second, that their goals for future societal engagement would moderate their political interest. The greatest future political activity would be among youth who were both politically interested and had set high goals. A community sample of about 400 16-year-olds ( Mage=16.62, SD=0.71, 50.8% females) was followed over four years. The theory of planned behavior was applied. Different types of political action were predicted: offline political activities, online political activities, membership of a political/civic organization, and taking a stance in public for a party pre and post voting in a national election. Age-16 political interest significantly predicted all age-20 political activities, except for being a member of political/civic organizations and actual voting. In line with the second hypothesis, significant interactions were found between political interest and setting societal goals for all the future political activities except voting. It was concluded that youth’s early-developed agency in setting goals for their societal engagement has widespread predictive utility for their political activities over a lengthy period.

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The moderating role of political interest: Investigating involvement in institutional and non-institutional political participation among young adults in Sweden

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Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries

Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries

Young People and the Psychological Orientation towards Politics (POTP): Identifying Gender, Ethnicity, and Educational Background as Predictors

Setting societal engagement goals during adolescence amplifies the impacts of political interest on political activities during young adulthood

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