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Young people's engagement with the European Union: the importance of visions and worries for the future of Europe

Strohmeier, Dagmar orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-1479-6674, Barrett, Martyn, Bora, Carmen orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9589-9554, Caravita, Simona C.S. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3108-1512, Donghi, Elisa, Dragoti, Edmond orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0758-2923, Fife-Schaw, Chris orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5010-7637, Gómez-López, Mercedes orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6748-5466, Kapéter, Eszter, Mazzone, Angela orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5858-8033, Rama, Rudina, Roşeanu, Gabi, Ortega-Ruiz, Rosario orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2110-6931, Steiner, Hanna, Trip, Simona orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-6415-0815, Tenenbaum, Harriet orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6494-6853, Urhahne, Detlef and Viejo, Carmen orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4456-4767 (2017) Young people's engagement with the European Union: the importance of visions and worries for the future of Europe. Zeitschrift Fur Psychologie / Journal Of Psychology, 225 (4). pp. 313-323. ISSN 2190-8370

Abstract
This study investigated whether demographic variables, efficacy beliefs, visions, and worries are associated with four different forms of (dis)engagement with the European Union (EU): intended voting in the 2019 EU elections, nonconventional political engagement, psychological engagement, and the wish that one's own country should leave the EU. The sample comprised 3,764 young people aged 16-25 years living in seven European countries: Albania, Austria, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, and the UK. Economic challenges, human rights, and the environment were the most important future visions; unemployment and poverty, climate change, civil unrests, and collapse of the EU were the most important future worries. The four forms of (dis)engagement with the EU were differentially associated with predictors, although internal efficacy and future vision of economic challenges predicted all forms. Implications for future EU policy are discussed.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Future of Europe; Political efficacy; Political participation; Visions; Worries
Subjects:Social Sciences > Political science
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC)
Publisher:Hogrefe Verlag
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000314
Copyright Information:© 2017 Hogrefe Publishing.
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:24574
Deposited On:09 Jul 2020 10:49 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 28 Aug 2020 10:41
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