Abstract
Drawing on data from a three-wave longitudinal study, the present research examined predictors of young adults' intentions to participate in politics and their actual political activities while referring to the broader assumptions of the theory of planned behavior. The analyses were based on a sample of university students from the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. The results showed that attitudes toward political behaviors and internal political efficacy beliefs explained changes in students' intentions to participate in politics. However, the perceived meaning that political participation has for important others had no additional effect. Furthermore, students' intentions to participate in politics and their internal political efficacy beliefs predicted changes in their actual behaviors. Together, the findings supported the theory of planned behaviors as a useful framework helping to predict young adults' intentions and actual involvement in political activities.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
| Keywords: | internal political efficacy; political behaviors; political participation; theory of planned behaviors; young adulthood; young people |
| Faculties: | Psychology and Education Science > Department Education and Rehabilitation |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-23198-9 |
| ISSN: | 0165-0254 |
| Alliance/National Licence: | This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 23198 |
| Date Deposited: | 04. Mar 2015 13:21 |
| Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020 13:04 |
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