PREDICTING POSİTİVE CİTİZENSHİP FROM ADOLESCEENCE TO

YOUNG ADULTHOOD; THE EFFECTS OF A CİVİC CONTEX

INTRODUCTİON The word of “CITIZENSHIP” means

being a member of a country

As a member of a country every individual has positive or negative attitudes towards to civic context

CAN WE PREDICT THESE ATTITUDES FROM ADOLESCEENCE ???

HYPOTHESIS: Living within a consistent civic context

leads to civic engagement in late adolescence and into young adulthood

Investigating whether social context during early adolescence has an effect in civic behavior in late adolescence

AIM:

Erikson’s (1966) Theory of Development

an identity search begins in early adolescence and internal and external experiences during childhood and adolescence are accumulated and lead to a commitment to particular values and beliefs.

Colby & Damon’s (1999) Moral Socialization Theory

that parents, peers, culture, and society socialize individuals to have a sense of moral commitment to various goals and behaviors;

THEORETICAL MODELS Original Model:

Revised Model:

METHOD Participants

1000 randomly participants 51% Male | 49% female 61% of participant were African American and 39%

were European American

Material

Questionnarie from previous longitudinal studies and validateted scales Ex: # what youth would do if they had three wishes

#what they would do if they had one million dollars

Procedure

Data were collecting historical periods

It started at 1991 and took 6 waves to end Use only 3 waves for this article

8th , 11th and post high school waves

Factor analysis and structural equation model (SEM) used for statistical data

**SEM: compare the results with previous reseach for the validity.

RESULTS Youth who were involved in religious activities in early

adolescence showed more civic participation in late adolescence.

There was a positive correlation between civic engagement in early adolescence and civic participation in late adolescence.

African American students also had higher levels of religiosity

Females had higher levels peer support during early adolescent compared to males

And in 11th grade, females were had higher levels of civic behavior than males

DİSCUSSİON Hypothesis was supported.

We can say that it is possible to predict positive citizenship from adolesence to young adulthood.

And there is important effect of meaning of civic contex

Results showed that living a civic context contributes to the development of civic engagement, such as family and peer influences, predicts later civic engagement.

DİSCUSSİON Additionaly information;

There is significant gender differences about civic identity

Females are more significant predictors than males

LİMİTATİONS Data were collected from a community-

based sample of African American and European American youth only. Can’t be generalize to other countries or

ethnicities. Researcher did not examine the quality of

the activities in which participants were involved.

Researcher focused only one type of civic engagement, which is a selection of prosocial behaviors. ( no political involvement or social activism)

REFERANCES

Zaff, J.F., Malanchuk, O., & Eccles, S.J. (2008). Predicting positive citizenship from adolescence to young adulthood: The effects of a civic context. Applied Development Science, 12(1), 38-53.

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