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Adolescents' perspectives on traditional, nontraditional, and direct political activities: The role of identity-processing styles and political beliefs

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Original title:Adolescents' perspectives on traditional, nontraditional, and direct political activities: The role of identity-processing styles and political beliefs
Authors:Jan Šerek, Zuzana Petrovičová, Petr Macek
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Citation:ŠEREK, Jan, Zuzana PETROVIČOVÁ and Petr MACEK. Adolescents' perspectives on traditional, nontraditional, and direct political activities: The role of identity-processing styles and political beliefs. Revista de Psicología Social, Fundación Infancia y Aprendizaje, 2012, vol. 27, No 2, p. 243-250. ISSN 0213-4748.Export BibTeX
@article{980487,
author = {Šerek, Jan and Petrovičová, Zuzana and Macek, Petr},
article_number = {2},
keywords = {identity-processing styles; late adolescence; political activity effectiveness; political efficacy; political trust},
language = {eng},
issn = {0213-4748},
journal = {Revista de Psicología Social},
title = {Adolescents' perspectives on traditional, nontraditional, and direct political activities: The role of identity-processing styles and political beliefs},
volume = {27},
year = {2012}
}
Original language:English
Field:Psychology
Type:Article in Periodical
Keywords:identity-processing styles; late adolescence; political activity effectiveness; political efficacy; political trust

The study examined whether adolescents’ tendency to employ informational, or normative identity-processing style predicts their perceived effectiveness of different political activities. Data were taken from the broader longitudinal study conducted in the Czech Republic, and included reports from 179 participants (Time 1 = age 17; Time 2 = age 19). Path analyses suggested that adolescents who sought information tended to perceive non-traditional political activity (e.g., in civic organizations) as effective, while participants’ normative conformism predicted disbelief in direct activity (e.g., petitions). Perceived effectiveness of traditional activity (e.g., voting) reflected adolescents’ actual political trust rather than their identity-processing styles. These results complement previous findings on the correlates of identity-processing styles and adolescents’ political thinking.

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