Civic development across the transition to adulthood in a national U.S. sample
Variations by race/ethnicity, parent education, and gender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9795571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Wray-Lake (0000-0002-6091-4440, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Erin H Arruda (0000-0002-7002-9226, University of California, Los Angeles), John E Schulenberg (0000-0003-2129-8486) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1948-1967 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0001101 |
| PMID | 32790438 |
| OpenAlex | W3049294630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
Despite a growing understanding about civic development, we know little about whether the developmental course of civic engagement is the same across different types of civic engagement or different groups of youth. To advance developmental science in this area, we documented age-related change in community service, political interest, electoral participation, and political voice across the transition to adulthood by race/ethnicity, parent education, gender, and their interactions. National multicohort probability samples of U.S. high school seniors from the Monitoring the Future study were assessed at baseline (age 18) and followed longitudinally via self-administered mail surveys across 6 follow-up waves to age 29/30. Of the sample (N = 12,557), 51.0% were women, 11.0% were Black, 7.0% were Latinx, 2.3% were Asian, and 75.4% were White. Community service decreased from age 18 to 24, then showed modest recovery. Political interest, electoral participation, and political voice increased steadily from 18 to 24 and less steeply thereafter. Intercepts and (to some extent) slopes varied by race/ethnicity, parent education, gender, and intersections of these factors. Black youth started and remained highest in community service and showed more accelerated growth in political interest and electoral participation. Young women reported higher community service, whereas gender gaps in political engagement trajectories favored young men. Black and Latinx young women stood out as having distinct civic trajectories. The role of parent education varied by race/ethnicity and gender. Diverse civic pathways advance theoretical understanding of civic development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Civic engagement · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Political science · Politics · PsycINFO · Race (biology · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 7.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |