Civic Purpose in Late Adolescence: Factors That Prevent Decline in Civic Engagement after High School

Autor/inn/en	Malin, Heather; Han, Hyemin; Liauw, Indrawati
Titel	Civic Purpose in Late Adolescence: Factors That Prevent Decline in Civic Engagement after High School
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 53 (2017) 7, S.1384-1397 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000322
Schlagwörter	Late Adolescents; Citizen Participation; Surveys; Civics; High School Seniors; Regression (Statistics); Ethnic Groups; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Social Influences; Individual Characteristics; Political Issues; Volunteers; Intention; Motivation; Predictor Variables; African Americans; Whites; Hispanic Americans; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Halbstarker; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Ethnie; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sozialer Einfluss; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Politischer Faktor; Freiwilliger; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Prädiktor; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study investigated the effects of internal and demographic variables on civic development in late adolescence using the construct "civic purpose." We conducted surveys on civic engagement with 480 high school seniors, and surveyed them again 2 years later. Using multivariate regression and linear mixed models, we tested the main effects of civic purpose dimensions (beyond-the-self motivation, future civic intention), ethnicity, and education on civic development from Time 1 to Time 2. Results showed that while there is an overall decrease in civic engagement in the transition out of high school, both internal and social factors protected participants from steep civic decline. Interaction effects varied. Ethnicity and education interacted in different ways with the dimensions of civic purpose to predict change in traditional and expressive political engagement, and community service engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01