Impact of Political Conflict on Trajectories of Adolescent Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Civic Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Laura K.; Merrilees, Christine E.; Baird, Rachel; Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.; Shirlow, Peter; Cummings, E. Mark
Titel	Impact of Political Conflict on Trajectories of Adolescent Prosocial Behavior: Implications for Civic Engagement
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 54 (2018) 9, S.1785-1794 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000552
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Conflict; Political Issues; Adolescents; Adolescent Development; Prosocial Behavior; Citizen Participation; Violence; United Kingdom (Belfast) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Konflikt; Politischer Faktor; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Gewalt
Abstract	Counterbalancing the narrative of youth as either helpless victims or ruthless perpetrators, a new generation of research in conflict settings focuses on their peacebuilding potential, including constructs such as prosocial behaviors and civic engagement. Previous research on the impact of political violence on prosocial behaviors in mixed, finding both positive and negative links. This study examines this relation using a launch and ambient approach, which helps to disentangle these effects over time. To do so, the article prospectively examines trajectories of adolescent prosocial behaviors (N = 999; Time 1: M[subscript age] = 12.18 years, SD = 1.82, range = 10-20) over 6 consecutive years in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a setting of on-going sectarian conflict. A dual change model, which combines the strengths of auto-regressive and latent growth curves approaches, found an initial shallow decrease in prosocial behaviors that dropped more sharply in later adolescence. Exposure to sectarianism related to an accelerated decrease in prosocial behaviors. Trajectories of prosocial behaviors positively related to later social and political engagement. Intervention implications address how to promote youth prosocial behaviors and civic engagement amid protracted political conflict. This type of research is needed because participation in civic life is a good indicator of youth agency and has positive implications for society. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01