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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 4/2021

28-04-2020 | Empirical Research

Civic Competencies During Adolescence: Longitudinal Associations with Sympathy in Childhood

Auteurs: Jeanine Grütter, Marlis Buchmann

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 4/2021

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Abstract

Civic competencies are essential prerequisites for adolescents’ active citizenship; however, little is known about their developmental precursors. In order to address this research gap, this study examined the role of sympathy in late childhood, early, and mid adolescence for civic competencies in mid and late adolescence. Based on a representative sample of 1118 Swiss children (51% females, Mage T1 = 9.26, SDageT1 = 0.20, rangeageT1: 8.50–9.67–years), this study investigated associations of sympathy with four components of civic competence: attitudes about social justice, informal helping, perceived efficacy to take responsibility and perceived political efficacy. The findings revealed that sympathy in late childhood (i.e., age 9) reflected an early predictor of all four components of civic competence assessed 6 years later. Moreover, sympathy in early adolescence (i.e., age 12) positively predicted attitudes about social justice and informal helping in late adolescence (i.e., age 18). Lastly, changes in sympathy from mid to late adolescence (i.e., age 15 to 18) positively correlated with changes in all four components of civic competence. This study highlights that civic competencies reflect a multidimensional construct that starts to form in late childhood, with sympathy being a central individual predictor in the emergence of civic competencies during adolescence.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Civic Competencies During Adolescence: Longitudinal Associations with Sympathy in Childhood
Auteurs
Jeanine Grütter
Marlis Buchmann
Publicatiedatum
28-04-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01240-y

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