The Role Played by the Family in Shaping Early and Middle Adolescent Civic Responsibility

Bibliographic Data

ID11671969
AuthorsMatteo Lenzi (0000-0001-7721-2448, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, corresponding author), Alessio Vieno (0000-0003-4417-4822, University of Padova, Padova, Italy), Massimo Santinello (0000-0002-4604-328X, University of Padova, Padova, Italy), Maury Nation (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA), Adam Voight (0000-0002-3024-2970, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)
Year2013
Volume34
Issue2
Pages251-278
Publication date2013-05-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431613485822
OpenAlexW2150134307
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited56

Adopting a multi-informant methodology, the current study examines the relative influence of multiple parental characteristics (civic responsibility, encouragement of civic action, parent-youth closeness) on adolescents’ civic responsibility (local and global). The participants were 384 early and middle adolescents (47.9% male), randomly selected from an Italian city (mean age = 13.6; SD = 1.63), and one parent for each adolescent. The results show a positive association between the parents’ local civic responsibility and the adolescents’ responsibility toward the local community, and between the parents’ global civic responsibility and the adolescents’ responsibility toward societal issues. Moreover, parental encouragement of civic action and parent-youth closeness were positively associated with the adolescents’ civic responsibility. Finally, an interaction between the parents’ local civic responsibility and parent-child closeness was found in which parents’ civic responsibility had stronger influence on youth civic responsibility when the parent-child relationship was characterized by medium or high levels of closeness

Action (physics · Closeness · Developmental psychology · Moral responsibility · Political science · Public relations · Social responsibility · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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