Psychosocial antecedents of political beliefs in adolescence

Autor	Jan Šerek
Organisation	Masarykova Univerzita, Fakulta sociálních studií, sociální psychologie
Year	2012
Research type	Ph.D. thesis
Annotation	This dissertation aims to describe the predictors of political beliefs in late adolescence. The focus is on the three types of political beliefs: (1) political efficacy, (2) perceived effectiveness of various political activities, and (3) political trust. Based on the review of recent theoretical and methodological discussions in the field of political socialization, political development of adolescents is understood as interconnected with other areas of their development. The core of the dissertation consists in three empirical studies that share the emphasis on the social cognitive aspects of socialization. All studies analyze longitudinal data from the ELSPAC project. The first tests whether the efficacy regarding interparental conflict predicts political efficacy on the community level. The second study asks whether a preference for certain identity-processing strategies predicts perceived effectiveness of various types of political activities. The third study investigates the relation between early characteristics of adolescents and their later political trust
Keywords	political socialization, late adolescence, political efficacy, political trust, social cognition, family experience
Research type	continual research, quantitative
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Obor	AD Politology and political sciences, AO Sociology, demography
Email	serek@fss.muni.cz
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Organisation	Masarykova Univerzita, Fakulta sociálních studií, sociální psychologie
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