Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries

TZANKOVA, Iana, Gabriele PRATI, Katharina ECKSTEIN, Peter NOACK, Erik AMNÅ, Frosso MOTTI-STEFANIDI, Petr MACEK and Elvira CICOGNANI. Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries. Youth & Society. 2021, vol. 53, No 8, p. 1311-1334. ISSN 0044-118X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X20942256.

Basic information

• Original name: Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries
• Authors: TZANKOVA, Iana (380 Italy), Gabriele PRATI (380 Italy), Katharina ECKSTEIN (276 Germany), Peter NOACK (276 Germany), Erik AMNÅ (752 Sweden), Frosso MOTTI-STEFANIDI (300 Greece), Petr MACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Elvira CICOGNANI (380 Italy).
• Edition: Youth & Society, 2021, 0044-118X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.793
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/21:00134804
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X20942256
• UT WoS: 000549358800001
• Keywords in English: youth participation; political trust; civic development; proximal contexts; person-centered analysis
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Studies on youth participation tend to characterize youth as either active and trustful or as passive and alienated. This cross-national and longitudinal study examines patterns of citizenship orientations characterized by both manifest and latent involvement differentiated by one’s position toward institutional politics (trustful or distrustful) among 1,914 adolescents from five European countries (53.5% female; Mage = 16.27). Demographic and proximal contextual correlates associated with different orientations at a 1-year interval were also assessed. Latent profile analysis identified four groups of citizenship orientations among adolescents: engaged trustful, engaged distrustful, unengaged trustful, and unengaged distrustful. Differences of membership likelihood were found for background characteristics (gender and family income), school characteristics (track, democratic climate, student participation, and its perceived quality), family, and peer norms of participation.

Links

• 649538, interní kód MU: Name: CATCH-EyoU - Constructing Active Citizenship with European Youth: Policies, practices, challenges and solutions (Acronym: CATCH-EyoU)

Investor: European Union, CATCH-EyoU - Constructing Active Citizenship with European Youth: Policies, practices, challenges and solutions, Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (Societal Challenges)