Predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia
Апстракт
It is considered that political knowledge is one of the most prominent features of democratic citizenship, which makes its analysis especially relevant in a democratising society. This paper explores the predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia. Political knowledge was measured by 12 multiple-choice questions pertaining to three areas: everyday politics, the rules of political game and foreign politics. Research participants were 788 fourth-grade students from 25 Belgrade secondary schools. The results show that the level of youth political knowledge is generally low and unevenly distributed among students. Its main predictors are interest in politics, academic achievement, gender and father's interest in politics. Other predictors that are usually regarded as very important (e.g. socioeconomic status, civic education) proved to be non-significant. Although political knowledge is positively correlated with political tolerance, political activism and diffuse poli...tical support, the coefficients are very low. The concluding part discusses possible causes of the obtained results.
Кључне речи:
youth / Serbia / political orientations / political knowledgeИзвор:
Psihologija, 2012, 45, 4, 433-449Издавач:
- Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Друштвене трансформације у процесу европских интеграција - мултидисциплинарни приступ (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-47010)
DOI: 10.2298/PSI1204433P
ISSN: 0048-5705
WoS: 000312934900005
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84872563106
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Pavlović, Zoran PY - 2012 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1541 AB - It is considered that political knowledge is one of the most prominent features of democratic citizenship, which makes its analysis especially relevant in a democratising society. This paper explores the predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia. Political knowledge was measured by 12 multiple-choice questions pertaining to three areas: everyday politics, the rules of political game and foreign politics. Research participants were 788 fourth-grade students from 25 Belgrade secondary schools. The results show that the level of youth political knowledge is generally low and unevenly distributed among students. Its main predictors are interest in politics, academic achievement, gender and father's interest in politics. Other predictors that are usually regarded as very important (e.g. socioeconomic status, civic education) proved to be non-significant. Although political knowledge is positively correlated with political tolerance, political activism and diffuse political support, the coefficients are very low. The concluding part discusses possible causes of the obtained results. PB - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd T2 - Psihologija T1 - Predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia EP - 449 IS - 4 SP - 433 VL - 45 DO - 10.2298/PSI1204433P ER -
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Pavlović, Z.. (2012). Predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia. in Psihologija Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 45(4), 433-449. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1204433P
Pavlović Z. Predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia. in Psihologija. 2012;45(4):433-449. doi:10.2298/PSI1204433P .
Pavlović, Zoran, "Predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia" in Psihologija, 45, no. 4 (2012):433-449, https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1204433P . .