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- Title
The development of Civic mindedness in Australian adolescents.
- Authors
Smart, Diana; Sanson, Ann; Silva, Lisa Da; Toumbourou, John
- Abstract
The article focuses on the development of civic mindedness among Australian adolescents. Civic mindedness has been defined as the willingness of an individual to actively take on the role of being a citizen. Civic mindedness may take various forms. Community responsibility involves positive actions and behaviors that are intentional and voluntary. The article investigates: the nature and extent of civic mindedness among Australian adolescents; connections between different forms of civic mindedness; sex differences in civic mindedness; and to identify concurrent and longitudinal predictors of adolescent civic mindedness. Data reported in the article come from a longitudinal community study of Australian children's development known as the Australian Temperament Project. The three aspects of civic mindedness have been identified in the article: community activity, political awareness, and responsibility/efficacy--appeared to be relatively distinct. The strongest links were between political awareness and the other two factors. It also seemed that involvement in one type of civic mindedness did not imply involvement in others to any substantial degree.
- Subjects
ATTITUDE (Psychology); SOCIAL ethics; CIVICS; TEENAGERS; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX differences (Biology)
- Publication
Family Matters, 2000, Issue 57, p4
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article