When politics affects the self: High political influence perception predicts civic and political participation

IF 1.8 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Social and Political Psychology Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI:10.5964/jspp.8379

Piotr Michalski, Marta Marchlewska, Dagmara Szczepańska, Marta Rogoza, Zuzanna Molenda

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Abstract

The present research examines the relationships between political influence perception and political participation. Classic studies have linked participation to political interest. However, they did not consider that people may become interested in politics especially when they feel it impacts their lives. In this research, we assumed that political participation would be based on the belief that politics affects one's life. This hypothesis was tested among Polish (Study 1, n = 1000 and Study 3, n = 627) and British participants (Study 2, n = 476). We found positive links between political influence perception and various forms of participation (Study 1, Study 2). In Study 3, we experimentally manipulated thoughts about highly effective politics, which increased political influence perception and was further linked to an increased interest in politics and political participation. We discuss the role of the way people perceive politics in political participation.

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当政治影响自我:高政治影响感知预测公民和政治参与

本研究探讨政治影响力感知与政治参与之间的关系。经典研究将参与与政治兴趣联系起来。然而，他们没有考虑到人们可能会对政治感兴趣，尤其是当他们觉得政治影响到他们的生活时。在这项研究中，我们假设政治参与将基于政治影响一个人的生活的信念。这一假设在波兰人(研究1,n = 1000，研究3,n = 627)和英国参与者(研究2,n = 476)中得到了检验。我们发现政治影响力感知与各种形式的参与之间存在积极联系(研究1、研究2)。在研究3中，我们通过实验操纵了对高效政治的想法，这增加了政治影响力感知，并进一步与对政治和政治参与的兴趣增加联系在一起。我们讨论了人们感知政治的方式在政治参与中的作用。

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Journal of Social and Political Psychology Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

4.80%

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审稿时长

40 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal (without author fees), published online. It publishes articles at the intersection of social and political psychology that substantially advance the understanding of social problems, their reduction, and the promotion of social justice. It also welcomes work that focuses on socio-political issues from related fields of psychology (e.g., peace psychology, community psychology, cultural psychology, environmental psychology, media psychology, economic psychology) and encourages submissions with interdisciplinary perspectives. JSPP is comprehensive and integrative in its approach. It publishes high-quality work from different epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and cultural perspectives and from different regions across the globe. It provides a forum for innovation, questioning of assumptions, and controversy and debate. JSPP aims to give creative impetuses for academic scholarship and for applications in education, policymaking, professional practice, and advocacy and social action. It intends to transcend the methodological and meta-theoretical divisions and paradigm clashes that characterize the field of social and political psychology, and to counterbalance the current overreliance on the hypothetico-deductive model of science, quantitative methodology, and individualistic explanations by also publishing work following alternative traditions (e.g., qualitative and mixed-methods research, participatory action research, critical psychology, social representations, narrative, and discursive approaches). Because it is published online, JSPP can avoid a bias against research that requires more space to be presented adequately.