Keith P M
Exp Aging Res. 1977 Jul-Nov;3(4-6):289-304. doi: 10.1080/03610737708257113.
Sociological research has focused on relationships between status, participation, efficacy, and political behavior with less attention to the influence of discontinuty in life circumstances on political activity. In contrast, gerontologists have explored the implications of age-specific and life change factors for political orientations but conflicting hypotheses have been derived. On suggests that discontinuity will decrease political activity while the other contends that discontinuity will politicize individuals. This study compares the relative contribution of life change and age-specific factors, demographic characteristics, and efficacy to voting and political interest. Data were collected by personal interviews with a random sample of 169 men and women 65 or over. Voting and political interest had somewhat different antecedents, but participation in multi-age groups and efficacy increased both while age-graded participation decreased political activity. Discontinuity, in general. had less effect on political behavior than demographic characteristics and efficacy.
社会学研究聚焦于地位、参与度、效能与政治行为之间的关系，而较少关注生活境遇的不连续性对政治活动的影响。相比之下，老年学研究者探讨了特定年龄和生活变化因素对政治倾向的影响，但得出了相互矛盾的假设。一种观点认为，生活境遇的不连续性会降低政治活动，而另一种观点则认为，这种不连续性会使个人政治化。本研究比较了生活变化、特定年龄因素、人口特征以及效能对投票和政治兴趣的相对影响。通过对169名65岁及以上的男性和女性进行随机抽样个人访谈来收集数据。投票和政治兴趣的影响因素略有不同，但参与多年龄群体和效能感的增强都会促进这两者，而按年龄划分的参与则会降低政治活动。总体而言，生活境遇的不连续性对政治行为的影响小于人口特征和效能感。
