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01-01-2013 | Empirical Research

Offline and Online Civic Engagement Among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups

Auteurs: Philipp Jugert, Katharina Eckstein, Peter Noack, Alexandra Kuhn, Alison Benbow

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2013

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Abstract

Levels of civic engagement are assumed to vary according to numerous social and psychological characteristics, but not much is known about online civic engagement. This study aimed to investigate differences and similarities in young people’s offline and online civic engagement and to clarify, based on Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB), associations between motivation for civic engagement, peer and parental norms, collective efficacy, and civic engagement. The sample consisted of 755 youth (native German, ethnic German Diaspora, and Turkish migrants) from two age groups (16–18 and 19–26; mean age 20.5 years; 52 % female). Results showed that ethnic group membership and age moderated the frequency of engagement behavior, with Turkish migrants taking part more than native Germans, who were followed by ethnic German Diaspora migrants. Analyses based on TPB showed good fit for a model relating intention for offline and online civic engagement to motivation for civic engagement, peer and parental norms, and collective efficacy. Ethnic group moderated the findings for offline civic engagement and questioned the universality of some model parameters (e.g., peer and parental norms). This study showed the utility of the TPB framework for studying civic engagement but also reveals that the predictive utility of peer and parental norms seems to vary depending on the group and the behavior under study. This study highlights the importance of including minority samples in the study of civic engagement in order to identify between-group similarities and differences.
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The analyses are based on data from the PIDOP project (http://​www.​fahs.​surrey.​ac.​uk/​pidop/​), a multinational research project funded by the EU under the 7th Framework Programme.
 
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When looking at within group variations in our sample it appeared that males (M = 0.05, SD = 0.71) tended to have higher socioeconomic status than females (M = −0.04, SD = 0.67), t(754) = 1.81, p (two-sided) = .071. There were no other within group differences according to age or ethnic origin. Thus, we may have potentially masked gender effects by controlling for SES in our analyses. However, repeating our analyses without controlling for SES did not lead to any significant gender effects. Thus, we are confident that the lack of gender differences in our study is real.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Offline and Online Civic Engagement Among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups
Auteurs
Philipp Jugert
Katharina Eckstein
Peter Noack
Alexandra Kuhn
Alison Benbow
Publicatiedatum
01-01-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9805-4

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