Youth political engagement in adolescence.

Osman, Muna; Miranda, Dave; Jourde, Cédric

doi:10.1037/cap0000176

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“…The current findings add to the literature explaining why some young people are more willing to take up political actions than others. Political participation is a complex process subject to a variety of factors, ranging from personal (e.g., political interest and efficacy), interpersonal (e.g., social identity), collective (e.g., collective anger), to contextual (e.g., political system [ 41 , 63 ]). Through the lens of meaning in life, this study offers a novel framework to look at readiness for political participation among late adolescents.…”

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“…Normative political actions are usually undertaken with adherence to existing laws and regulations in a given society [ 40 ], such as voting, signing petitions, and engaging in peaceful demonstrations. These behaviors are usually regarded as socially acceptable and developmentally appropriate for youth [ 41 ]. In contrast, non-normative political participation includes illegal and probably radical actions, such as violent protest and forcibly occupying a government institute [ 42 ].…”

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Meaning-in-Life Profiles among Chinese Late Adolescents: Associations with Readiness for Political Participation

Lin

Shek

2021

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This study explored the association between meaning in life and readiness for political participation based on meaning-in-life profiles among Chinese late adolescents. A total of 1030 college students (mean age = 19.69 ± 1.47 years) in Hong Kong participated in this study. First, we used a cluster analysis to investigate meaning-in-life profiles based on two dimensions: “presence of meaning” and “search for meaning”. Furthermore, we investigated the association between meaning profiles and readiness for political participation. Results revealed three distinguishable profiles, which emerged in both male and female adolescents. Students with “high-presence” and “high-search” attributes and students with “low-presence” and “high-search” characteristics showed greater readiness to engage in normative and non-normative political actions than did those with a “high-presence” and “low-search” profile. Our research fills the research gap on meaning profiles in Asian adolescents and provides the empirical basis for an alternative account of youth political participation.

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Meaning-in-Life Profiles among Chinese Late Adolescents: Associations with Readiness for Political Participation

Lin

Shek

2021

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“…The field of youth engagement falls among diverse disciplines, each with slightly differing conceptualizations and considerations of how to define and measure its effects. For instance, there have been recent calls to consider youth political engagement as separate from other forms of youth community or voluntary engagement given that political engagement involves different skills and relational dynamics than other forms (Osman et al, 2020). Other work has argued that the framing of youth engagement must be done with an eye toward educating and equipping youth to acknowledge, challenge, and eventually overcome unjust social structures (Prilleltensky and Fox, 2007; Watts and Flanagan, 2007).…”

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Understanding paths and options for youth citizenship and social justice

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Davis

Brennan

et al. 2022

Education, Citizenship and Social

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Youth-focused researchers and practitioners need conceptual models to consider paths for youth citizenship and social justice which are attenuated to the context, social support, visibility, and structure of engagement opportunities. This article will expand upon the initial conceptual model created by Brennan et al. in this special issue by examining how it can be useful for both research and practice. Specifically, this model can help researchers and practitioners to: (1) remain aware of contextual factors affecting youth engagement; (2) understand how different forms of youth engagement fit within the model; and (3) consider strategies and research to encourage more radical forms of youth engagement. The paper will provide support for the conceptual validity of the model by examining theories which align with it and contextual factors to consider during its application. The paper will then apply the model to differentiate between two forms of youth engagement and conclude with a summary of areas for future research and application.

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“…However, Barrett and Pachi (2019) point out that youth political engagement is rather complex and shows a diverse set of interactions between sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors such as migration background and gender. However, Osman et al (2020) claim that adolescents with ethnoculturally diverse social networks are more likely to engage politically and even argue that diverse social networks and political behaviour reciprocally reinforce each other. Teney and Hanquinet (2012) study the interaction between social capital and political participation, and show that the two most politically active groups tend to have very few friends from another origin.…”

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Diversity, National Identity, and Political Participation among Young People in Luxembourg

Procopio¹,

Schomaker²,

Samuel³

2021

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Luxembourg is known for its cultural and national diversity. Approximately 48% of the population is foreigners live in Luxembourg. For 15-29-year-olds, this share wasapproximately 42% in 2019 and 2020. Furthermore, approximately 185,000 foreign workers commute to Luxembourg daily. Considering this, Luxembourg is an interesting case for investigating national identity and political participation of a diverse society (STATEC 2020a, STATEC 2020b, STATEC 2021). Especially, as the biographies of young people in Luxembourg are becoming increasingly complex (e.g., mixed national parents; highly skilled expatriates), it is worth looking into different aspects and valuations of national identity and political participation of youth in Luxembourg (Amtépé and Hartmann-Hirsch, 2011). In this policy report, we look into the aspects of national identity and how young people living in Luxembourg define a ‘real Luxembourger’ using the Youth Survey Luxembourg (2019) data (Sozio et al., 2020). This will give us the opportunity to investigate what aspects of identity (e.g. Luxembourgish ancestry; the time spent living in Luxembourg) matter for young people to feel part of Luxembourgish society and how these change across different social backgrounds and demographics. The discourse about the interrelations of political participation and youth brings forward the dominant narrative of a disengaging and passive youth. Here, we also investigate these statements in the Luxembourgish context. We analyse the level of interest in politics across young people in Luxembourg and their means of political participation. Finally, we especially investigated the relationship between aspects of national identity, and political interest and engagement of young people in Luxembourg.

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Youth political engagement in adolescence.

Cited by 5 publications

References 181 publications

Meaning-in-Life Profiles among Chinese Late Adolescents: Associations with Readiness for Political Participation

Meaning-in-Life Profiles among Chinese Late Adolescents: Associations with Readiness for Political Participation

Understanding paths and options for youth citizenship and social justice

Diversity, National Identity, and Political Participation among Young People in Luxembourg

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