Testing Multidimensional Models of Youth Civic Engagement: Model Comparisons, Measurement Invariance, and Age Differences

Autor/inn/en	Wray-Lake, Laura; Metzger, Aaron; Syvertsen, Amy K.
Titel	Testing Multidimensional Models of Youth Civic Engagement: Model Comparisons, Measurement Invariance, and Age Differences
Quelle	In: Applied Developmental Science, 21 (2017) 4, S.266-284 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-8691
DOI	10.1080/10888691.2016.1205495
Schlagwörter	Citizen Participation; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; Models; Comparative Analysis; Age Differences; Measurement; Correlation; Social Responsibility; Helping Relationship; Political Attitudes; Citizenship; Conservation (Environment); Volunteers; Voting; News Media; Mass Media Use; Structural Equation Models; Factor Analysis; Statistical Analysis; California; Minnesota; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Analogiemodell; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Messverfahren; Korrelation; Soziale Verantwortung; Helfende Beziehung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Staatsbürgerschaft; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Freiwilliger; Abstimmung; Nachrichtenwesen; Mediennutzung; Faktorenanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Kalifornien
Abstract	Despite recognition that youth civic engagement is multidimensional, different modeling approaches are rarely compared or tested for measurement invariance. Using a diverse sample of 2,467 elementary, middle, and high school-aged youth, we measured eight dimensions of civic engagement: social responsibility values, informal helping, political beliefs, civic skills, environmental behavior, volunteering, voting intentions, and news consumption. We compared correlated unidimensional factors, higher-order factor, and bifactor models and tested for measurement invariance and latent mean differences by age. The correlated unidimensional factors model best fit the data, yet higher-order and bifactor models fit adequately. Metric and scalar invariance was found across models. Latent means varied depending on the dimension of civic engagement and the multidimensional model examined. Findings favored the correlated unidimensional factors model; implications of each model are discussed. This study informs future research on youth civic engagement and has broad relevance for any developmental scientist studying a multidimensional construct. (As Provided).
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