University of Bordeaux, Laboratory of Psychology EA 4139, 3 ter place de la Victoire, 33076, Bordeaux, France.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Apr;47(4):731-748. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0821-x. Epub 2018 Feb 16.
Adolescence and emerging adulthood are periods in life when individuals both question and define their place in society and form their identity. Meanwhile, active youth civic engagement represents a challenge for each democracy. The purpose of this study was to analyze the different forms of civic engagement among late adolescents and emerging adults and how they are related to personal identity and social identity, while adopting an integrative perspective through the lens of a person-oriented approach. The participants were 1217 (62.3% female) 16-24 year-old French students (M = 19.17; SD = 1.83). First, derived from cluster analyses, the findings emphasized diversity in civic engagement, from strong civic participation (in different formal and informal ways) to various forms of passivity. Diversity was also highlighted for personal identity and social identity profiles. Second, a Configural Frequency Analysis revealed a typical pattern associating passivity in civic engagement, personal carefree diffusion and rejection of social identity. Overall, these findings highlight an absence of general youth disaffection and provide a meaningful specific pattern for the understanding of passivity in political and civic matters in late adolescence and emerging adulthood.
青春期和成年早期是个体质疑和定义自己在社会中的地位并形成身份认同的时期。与此同时，积极的青年公民参与对每个民主国家都是一个挑战。本研究的目的是分析青少年和成年早期后期的不同形式的公民参与，以及它们如何与个人身份和社会身份相关联，同时通过个体导向方法的视角采用综合的观点。参与者为 1217 名（62.3%为女性）16-24 岁的法国学生（M = 19.17；SD = 1.83）。首先，从聚类分析中得出的结果强调了公民参与的多样性，从强烈的公民参与（以不同的正式和非正式方式）到各种形式的被动参与。个人认同和社会认同的概况也显示出多样性。其次，配置频率分析揭示了一种典型模式，即公民参与、个人无忧无虑的扩散和社会认同的拒绝的被动性。总的来说，这些发现强调了青年不满情绪的普遍性缺失，并为理解青少年和成年早期后期在政治和公民事务中的被动性提供了有意义的具体模式。
