Who crosses the norms? Predictors of the readiness for non-normative political participation among adolescents

Autor	ŠEREK Jan MACHÁČKOVÁ Hana MACEK Petr
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykovy univerzity
Year	2017
Research type	paper in Journal
Annotation	This study investigated whether adolescents' readiness for non-normative political participation (i.e., readiness to confront social rules for political reasons) was predicted by their interpersonal problems (with parents, teachers, and classmates), low optimism, and political beliefs (political self-efficacy and distrust in public institutions). A structural equation model using two-wave longitudinal data from Czech high school students (N = 768; 54% females; age range at T1 = 14–17, M = 15.97; T2 data collected 1.5 years later) showed that the changes in adolescents' readiness for non-normative participation were predicted by their lower institutional trust. Interpersonal relationships or optimism had no cross-sectional or longitudinal effect on the readiness for non-normative participation. These results suggest that the main source of adolescents' readiness for non-normative political actions lies in their political beliefs, while the effect of adolescents' interpersonal problems is less clear.
Keywords	Institutional trust; Interpersonal relationships; Non-normative political participation; Optimism; Political self-efficacy
Research type	unrepeated research, comparative research
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Obor	AN Psychology
Email	serek@fss.muni.cz
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Link	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.001
Research location	Ne, po zaplacení
Organisation	Fakulta sociálních studií Masarykovy univerzity
Organisation web	fss.muni.cz
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