TY - JOUR
T1 - Young people's engagement with the European Union
T2 - The importance of visions and worries for the future of Europe
AU - Strohmeier, Dagmar
AU - Barrett, Martyn
AU - Bora, Carmen
AU - Caravita, Simona C.S.
AU - Donghi, Elisa
AU - Dragoti, Edmond
AU - Fife-Schaw, Chris
AU - Gómez-López, Mercedes
AU - Kapéter, Eszter
AU - Mazzone, Angela
AU - Rama, Rudina
AU - Roşeanu, Gabi
AU - Ortega-Ruiz, Rosario
AU - Steiner, Hanna
AU - Trip, Simona
AU - Tenenbaum, Harriet
AU - Urhahne, Detlef
AU - Viejo, Carmen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Hogrefe Publishing.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Future of Europe
KW - Political efficacy
KW - Political participation
KW - Visions
KW - Worries
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85038941163&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000314
DO - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000314
M3 - Article
SN - 2151-2604
VL - 225
SP - 313
EP - 323
JO - Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
JF - Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology
IS - 4
ER -