Arens A Katrin, Watermann Rainer
Department of Education and Human Development, German Institute for International Educational Research.
Division of Empirical Research in Education, Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin.
Dev Psychol. 2017 May;53(5):933-948. doi: 10.1037/dev0000300. Epub 2017 Mar 30.
The present study focuses on political efficacy in terms of students' competence self-perceptions related to the domain of politics. The investigation addresses the mean level development and longitudinal relations to outcome variables including gender differences. Drawing on a sample of N = 2,504 German students, political efficacy, along with meaningful outcome variables (i.e., political information behavior, political knowledge, and interest in politics), was measured at 2 measurement points, once in Grade 7 and once in Grade 10. Students' mean levels of political efficacy increased from the first to the second measurement point, and boys consistently displayed higher levels. Political efficacy demonstrated reciprocal relations to political information behavior and political knowledge, and showed a unidirectional relation to interest in politics across time. The pattern of outcome relations was invariant across gender. This study contributes to research and theory on political socialization in adolescence as it outlines temporal relations among, and gender differences in, facets of political socialization. Therefore, this study also offers new practical insights into effectively facilitating political education in adolescent students. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究聚焦于与政治领域相关的学生能力自我认知方面的政治效能感。该调查涉及平均水平的发展以及与包括性别差异在内的结果变量的纵向关系。以N = 2504名德国学生为样本，在两个测量点对政治效能感以及有意义的结果变量（即政治信息行为、政治知识和政治兴趣）进行了测量，一次是在7年级，一次是在10年级。学生的政治效能感平均水平从第一次测量点到第二次测量点有所提高，并且男孩始终表现出更高的水平。政治效能感与政治信息行为和政治知识呈现出相互关系，并且随着时间推移与政治兴趣呈现单向关系。结果关系模式在性别上是不变的。本研究为青少年政治社会化的研究和理论做出了贡献，因为它勾勒了政治社会化各方面之间的时间关系以及性别差异。因此，本研究还为有效促进青少年学生的政治教育提供了新的实践见解。（PsycINFO数据库记录）
