Young European citizens : An individual by context perspective on adolescent European citizenship

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Authors

ŠEREK Jan JUGERT Philipp

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source European Journal of Developmental Psychology
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Faculty of Social Studies

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2017.1366308
Field Psychology
Keywords active European citizenship; adolescence; institutional trust; participation; socioeconomic status
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Description This study examined the effects of individual, school-level and country-level variables and their interactions on two components of adolescents’ active European citizenship: trust in European institutions and participation at the European level. For comparison, country-related institutional trust and participation were also predicted. Using multilevel regression models, we re-analysed a subsample of survey data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study, collected from 14-year-old students (n = 72,466) in 22 European countries in 2009. Results showed that higher cognitive engagement with politics (e.g., political interest), more opportunities for learning about Europe at school, and country wealth and social equality were positively associated with both aspects of adolescents’ active European citizenship. In contrast to country-related participation, the participatory dimension of active European citizenship was also positively related to a higher socioeconomic status of adolescent’s classroom and family, an association that was more pronounced in less wealthy and post-communist countries.
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