Civic Development across the Transition to Adulthood in a National U.S. Sample: Variations by Race/Ethnicity, Parent Education, and Gender

Autor/inn/en	Wray-Lake, Laura; Arruda, Erin H.; Schulenberg, John E.
Titel	Civic Development across the Transition to Adulthood in a National U.S. Sample: Variations by Race/Ethnicity, Parent Education, and Gender
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 10, S.1948-1967 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wray-Lake, Laura)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001101
Schlagwörter	Individual Development; Citizen Participation; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Gender Differences; High School Seniors; Young Adults; Longitudinal Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Entwicklung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Geschlechterkonflikt; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Despite a growing understanding about civic development, we know little about whether the developmental course of civic engagement is the same across different types of civic engagement or different groups of youth. To advance developmental science in this area, we documented age-related change in community service, political interest, electoral participation, and political voice across the transition to adulthood by race/ethnicity, parent education, gender, and their interactions. National multicohort probability samples of U.S. high school seniors from the Monitoring the Future study were assessed at baseline (age 18) and followed longitudinally via self-administered mail surveys across 6 follow-up waves to age 29/30. Of the sample (N = 12,557), 51.0% were women, 11.0% were Black, 7.0% were Latinx, 2.3% were Asian, and 75.4% were White. Community service decreased from age 18 to 24, then showed modest recovery. Political interest, electoral participation, and political voice increased steadily from 18 to 24 and less steeply thereafter. Intercepts and (to some extent) slopes varied by race/ethnicity, parent education, gender, and intersections of these factors. Black youth started and remained highest in community service and showed more accelerated growth in political interest and electoral participation. Young women reported higher community service, whereas gender gaps in political engagement trajectories favored young men. Black and Latinx young women stood out as having distinct civic trajectories. The role of parent education varied by race/ethnicity and gender. Diverse civic pathways advance theoretical understanding of civic development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01