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Adolescents’ political socialization is crucial for their future political participation. Little research has examined this relationship and the importance of citizenship self-efficacy in an Asian context. This study focused on the effectiveness of Korean adolescents’ political socialization and self-efficacy on their expected electoral participation. Data from Korean 8th graders participating in the 2016 International Civic and Citizenship Education Study were examined (N = 2601; Mage = 14.02; 46% female). Political socialization included open classroom discussion, active learning strategies, and formal citizenship education. The result showed that citizenship self-efficacy is the most important predictor for Korean adolescents’ future engagement, but open classroom discussion is not significant. It indicates that citizenship education needs to consider countries’ social and cultural contexts.
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The first author’s study has been supported by the Brain Korea 21 of the National Research Foundation of Korea. The funding sources had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data, the writing of this article, or the decision to submit this report for publication. The authors thank Professor Roger Levesque’s dedicated editorship and mentorship for this manuscript.
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E.M. (first author) conceived of, designed, and coordinated the study, performed the statistical analysis, interpreted the results, and drafted and revised the manuscript; P.-Y.L. (corresponding author) supervised the design of the study, statistical analysis of the data, and interpretation of the results, and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Myoung, E., Liou, PY. Adolescents’ Political Socialization at School, Citizenship Self-efficacy, and Expected Electoral Participation. J Youth Adolescence 51, 1305–1316 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01581-w
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