Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers

Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note

Bibliographic Data

ID7971936
AuthorsG M Breakwell (0000-0002-2002-5681), Chris Fife‐schaw (0000-0002-5010-7637), Chris Fife-Schaw, John Devereux (0000-0003-0391-3131)
Year1989
Volume10
Issue4
Pages745
Publication date1989-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3791336
OpenAlexW2056957282
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and newspapers with a high political content and having more political discussions with teachers and parents. While the more active were more likely to have political discussions, politics was still not found to be an important topic of discussion among peers

Political science · Politics · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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