Furnham A, Gunter B
J Adolesc. 1983 Dec;6(4):373-85. doi: 10.1016/s0140-1971(83)80007-4.
Although some work has been done on adolescents' political attitudes, very little work has been done on their political knowledge. This study aimed to replicate a large study carried out eight years ago (Stradling, 1977) to see whether recent political changes altered adolescents' political knowledge and secondly to investigate the determinants (demographic, media usage, interest) of this knowledge. The results were strikingly similar to those of Stradling despite the smaller sample and the changes over time. The subjects appeared to know most about responsibility for public services and party political leaders and least about party political or parliamentary procedure. The canonical variable that best predicted overall knowledge was interest in politics and current affairs and to a lesser extent TV news watching and discussions with adults. The results are discussed in terms of political socialization and limitations of this work are considered.
尽管在青少年的政治态度方面已经开展了一些研究，但在他们的政治知识方面所做的工作却很少。本研究旨在重复八年前进行的一项大型研究（斯特拉德林，1977年），以了解近期的政治变化是否改变了青少年的政治知识，其次是调查这种知识的决定因素（人口统计学、媒体使用情况、兴趣）。尽管样本较小且随着时间推移有所变化，但结果与斯特拉德林的研究结果惊人地相似。受试者似乎对公共服务责任和政党政治领导人了解最多，而对政党政治或议会程序了解最少。最能预测总体知识的典型变量是对政治和时事的兴趣，以及在较小程度上对电视新闻的观看和与成年人的讨论。本文从政治社会化的角度对研究结果进行了讨论，并考虑了这项工作的局限性。
