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Determinanti della partecipazione e dell’alienazione politica giovanile maschile e femminile: un contributo alla validazione di due scale motivazionali
No full textGender differences in personal values of national and local Italian politicians, activists and voters
No full textTheorists of politics of presence postulate that women elected to political office would still hold values similar to ordinary women and therefore represent them better than male politicians. Gender differences in personal values, which underline and give coherence to core political values, have been found among voters: males score higher on self-enhancement values (power and achievement) and females higher on self-transcendence values (universalism and benevolence). Our study aims to explore if gender differences in personal values are still present among activists, local and national politicians. We administer a shortened version of the Portrait Values Questionnaire to 233 Italian national politicians (46% females), 425 local politicians (56% females), 626 political activists (44% females), and 3249 ordinary citizens (49% females). Our results confirm only partially politics of presence theory: females at all levels of political involvement score higher in self-transcendent values that emphasise concern for the welfare of others, but no significant gender differences emerge for self-enhancement, which favour the pursuit of self-interest. Our findings support ethical struggles for more balanced gender representation: a higher proportion of women in politics could strengthen the political representation of self-transcendence value
Partecipazione politica giovanile: Il ruolo delle variabili strutturali, delle determinanti individuali e delle diverse agenzie di socializzazione politica
No full textIntervenire sul drop-out scolastico per la prevenzione del rischio di abbandono ed il reinserimento formativo.
No full textIncreasing students’ perceived sociopolitical empowerment through online and face-to-face community psychology seminars
No full textCommunity psychology theorists underline the importance of promoting sociopolitical empowerment, but few studies have been conducted on the evaluation of the efficacy of empowering programs among university students. The authors report two studies: the first, with 216 psychology majors, compared the efficacy of face-to-face and online community psychology seminars in promoting perceived sociopolitical empowerment and self efficacy. The second, with 170 psychology majors, explored if differences in teachers experiences affected students sociopolitical empowerment. Results of ANOVA, on measures of empowerment and self-efficacy, indicate that learning community psychology principles and a community analysis skill did increase sociopolitical empowerment and efficacies in all studies, both in online and face-to-face settings, regardless of teachers' experience. Implications for promoting active citizenship and attracting more students to community psychology programs are discussed
Perceived political self-efficacy: Theory, assessment, and applications
No full textPolitical efficacy is addressed within the framework of social cognitive theory and a new measure to assess perceived political self-efficacy is presented. Three studies document the validity of the new scale of measurement. The first study (N = 1673) examined the psychometric properties of the scale in accordance with classical test theory. This led to the identification of a unidimensional factor structure, including perceived political self-efficacy in promoting one's own political opinion, in sustaining the political programs of the party to which one belongs, and in monitoring one's own political representatives' commitment. The second study (N = 632)further confirmed the internal and construct validity of the scale; criterion validity was also investigated using several indicators of political interest and participation. The third study (N = 1176) showed that politicians holding offices have higher levels of perceived political self-efficacy than partisans and voters, further corroborating the criterion validity of the scale. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Do personality traits and personal values predict career efficacy and career progression of successful political women? An exploratory study
No full textWomen constitute slightly more than half of the world population, yet they represent just 24 % of all the legislators in parliaments in all the world. Personality theorists have suggested that in this era of personalization of politics dispositional characteristics of politicians may contribute to political success. We need more empirical studies which explore whether some dispositional variables favor women’s political career progression and efficacy. The main aim of our research was to examine the extent to which the five factors of personality and the personal values account for political career self-efficacy beliefs and career progression, among women elected at the Italian National parliament. A tied comparison of traits and values revealed that personality traits “trumped” personal values in the prediction of political career efficacy. Our results indicate that extraversion was the best predictor of perceived efficacy beliefs. Conservation and extraversion were the main predictors of women’s career progression. Our findings attest, moreover, that the relationship of extraversion and conservation with career progression was partially accounted by the empowerment efficacy dimension of career efficacy
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