TY - JOUR
T1 - Young people's engagement with the European Union: The importance of visions and worries for the future of Europe
AU - Strohmeier, Dagmar
AU - Barrett, Martyn
AU - Bora, Carmen
AU - Caravita, Simona Carla Silvia
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
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
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 - Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
KW - Future of Europe
KW - Political efficacy
KW - Political participation
KW - Psychology (all)
KW - Visions
KW - Worries
KW - Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
KW - Future of Europe
KW - Political efficacy
KW - Political participation
KW - Psychology (all)
KW - Visions
KW - Worries
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/109795
UR - https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/2151-2604/a000314
U2 - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000314
DO - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000314
M3 - Article
SN - 2190-8370
VL - 225
SP - 313
EP - 323
JO - ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PSYCHOLOGIE
JF - ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PSYCHOLOGIE
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