Offline and Online Civic Engagement among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups

Autor/inn/en	Jugert, Philipp; Eckstein, Katharina; Noack, Peter; Kuhn, Alexandra; Benbow, Alison
Titel	Offline and Online Civic Engagement among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42 (2013) 1, S.123-135 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-012-9805-4
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Behavior Theories; Ethnic Groups; Migrants; Psychological Characteristics; Young Adults; Group Membership; Citizen Participation; Internet; Correlation; Immigrants; Goodness of Fit; Peer Groups; Parent Child Relationship; Guidelines; Minority Groups; Computer Mediated Communication; Ethnicity; Foreign Countries; Germany; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Ethnie; Migrantin; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Korrelation; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Richtlinien; Ethnische Minderheit; Computerkonferenz; Ethnizität; Ausland; Deutschland; Türkei
Abstract	Levels of civic engagement are assumed to vary according to numerous social and psychological characteristics, but not much is known about online civic engagement. This study aimed to investigate differences and similarities in young people's offline and online civic engagement and to clarify, based on Ajzen's theory of planned behavior (TPB), associations between motivation for civic engagement, peer and parental norms, collective efficacy, and civic engagement. The sample consisted of 755 youth (native German, ethnic German Diaspora, and Turkish migrants) from two age groups (16-18 and 19-26; mean age 20.5 years; 52% female). Results showed that ethnic group membership and age moderated the frequency of engagement behavior, with Turkish migrants taking part more than native Germans, who were followed by ethnic German Diaspora migrants. Analyses based on TPB showed good fit for a model relating intention for offline and online civic engagement to motivation for civic engagement, peer and parental norms, and collective efficacy. Ethnic group moderated the findings for offline civic engagement and questioned the universality of some model parameters (e.g., peer and parental norms). This study showed the utility of the TPB framework for studying civic engagement but also reveals that the predictive utility of peer and parental norms seems to vary depending on the group and the behavior under study. This study highlights the importance of including minority samples in the study of civic engagement in order to identify between-group similarities and differences. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10