Citizenship activity in emerging adults: the role of self-esteem, social skills, and well-being.

IF 1.4 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Engineering Mathematics Pub Date : 2023-01-05 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.5114/cipp/156763

Anna M Zalewska

{"title":"Citizenship activity in emerging adults: the role of self-esteem, social skills, and well-being.","authors":"Anna M Zalewska","doi":"10.5114/cipp/156763","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: The paper considers the broad model of citizenship activity by Zalewska and Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, including the passive (national identity and patriotism), semi-active (loyalty and voting), and active (social, political, change-oriented, and personal activity) forms of citizenship among emerging adults who already have civil rights. The study examines the profile of citizenship activity and psychological factors - personality constructs (self-esteem and social skills in intimate, social exposure, and demanding assertiveness situations) and personal experiences (emotional, social, and psychological well-being) - as correlates and predictors of civic behaviour dimensions.Participants and procedure: A set of questionnaires (Multidimensional Self-esteem Inventory, Social Skills Inventory, Mental Health Continuum - Short Form, and Citizenship Behaviour Questionnaire-30 - general version) were completed by 140 Polish emerging adults (50% women) aged 19 to 25.Results: Results of Student's t-tests showed that emerging adults (like adolescents) manifested the highest level of personal activity, lower level of passive and then semi-active citizenship, even less involvement in socio-political activities, and the lowest in political activity. Particular dimensions of civic behaviours were positively but differently correlated with personality constructs and well-being - only personal activity was associated with all psychological factors. They were also differently predicted by the set of psychological variables (regression analyses), but self-esteem, social exposure skills, and social well-being were particularly important predictors.Conclusions: These results indicate that policies promoting the citizenship activity of emerging adults need to recognise, support, and strengthen these psychological variables, as they can be modified by deliberate influences and interventions that may be the subject of further research.","PeriodicalId":50204,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering Mathematics","volume":"119 1","pages":"108-120"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10654336/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Engineering Mathematics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp/156763","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background: The paper considers the broad model of citizenship activity by Zalewska and Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, including the passive (national identity and patriotism), semi-active (loyalty and voting), and active (social, political, change-oriented, and personal activity) forms of citizenship among emerging adults who already have civil rights. The study examines the profile of citizenship activity and psychological factors - personality constructs (self-esteem and social skills in intimate, social exposure, and demanding assertiveness situations) and personal experiences (emotional, social, and psychological well-being) - as correlates and predictors of civic behaviour dimensions.

Participants and procedure: A set of questionnaires (Multidimensional Self-esteem Inventory, Social Skills Inventory, Mental Health Continuum - Short Form, and Citizenship Behaviour Questionnaire-30 - general version) were completed by 140 Polish emerging adults (50% women) aged 19 to 25.

Results: Results of Student's t-tests showed that emerging adults (like adolescents) manifested the highest level of personal activity, lower level of passive and then semi-active citizenship, even less involvement in socio-political activities, and the lowest in political activity. Particular dimensions of civic behaviours were positively but differently correlated with personality constructs and well-being - only personal activity was associated with all psychological factors. They were also differently predicted by the set of psychological variables (regression analyses), but self-esteem, social exposure skills, and social well-being were particularly important predictors.

Conclusions: These results indicate that policies promoting the citizenship activity of emerging adults need to recognise, support, and strengthen these psychological variables, as they can be modified by deliberate influences and interventions that may be the subject of further research.

查看原文本刊更多论文

初出期成人的公民活动:自尊、社交技能和幸福感的作用

本文考虑了Zalewska和Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz的广义公民活动模型，包括已经拥有公民权利的新兴成年人的被动(民族认同和爱国主义)、半主动(忠诚和投票)和主动(社会、政治、变革导向和个人活动)形式的公民身份。该研究考察了公民行为和心理因素的概况——人格结构(在亲密、社会接触和要求自信的情况下的自尊和社会技能)和个人经历(情感、社会和心理健康)——作为公民行为维度的相关因素和预测因素。140名19至25岁的波兰新生成人(50%为女性)完成了一套调查问卷(多维自尊量表、社会技能量表、心理健康连续体-简表和公民行为问卷-30 -通用版)。学生t检验结果显示，初出期成人(如青少年)表现出最高水平的个人活动，较低水平的被动和半主动公民身份，甚至更少参与社会政治活动，最低的政治活动。公民行为的特定维度与人格建构和幸福感呈正相关，但有不同的相关性——只有个人活动与所有心理因素相关。心理变量组(回归分析)对他们的预测也有所不同，但自尊、社交技能和社会幸福感是特别重要的预测因素。这些结果表明，促进新生成人公民活动的政策需要认识、支持和加强这些心理变量，因为它们可以通过有意的影响和干预加以修改，这可能是进一步研究的主题。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Engineering Mathematics 工程技术-工程：综合

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

7.70%

发文量

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： The aim of this journal is to promote the application of mathematics to problems from engineering and the applied sciences. It also aims to emphasize the intrinsic unity, through mathematics, of the fundamental problems of applied and engineering science. The scope of the journal includes the following: • Mathematics: Ordinary and partial differential equations, Integral equations, Asymptotics, Variational and functional−analytic methods, Numerical analysis, Computational methods. • Applied Fields: Continuum mechanics, Stability theory, Wave propagation, Diffusion, Heat and mass transfer, Free−boundary problems; Fluid mechanics: Aero− and hydrodynamics, Boundary layers, Shock waves, Fluid machinery, Fluid−structure interactions, Convection, Combustion, Acoustics, Multi−phase flows, Transition and turbulence, Creeping flow, Rheology, Porous−media flows, Ocean engineering, Atmospheric engineering, Non-Newtonian flows, Ship hydrodynamics; Solid mechanics: Elasticity, Classical mechanics, Nonlinear mechanics, Vibrations, Plates and shells, Fracture mechanics; Biomedical engineering, Geophysical engineering, Reaction−diffusion problems; and related areas. The Journal also publishes occasional invited ''Perspectives'' articles by distinguished researchers reviewing and bringing their authoritative overview to recent developments in topics of current interest in their area of expertise. Authors wishing to suggest topics for such articles should contact the Editors-in-Chief directly. Prospective authors are encouraged to consult recent issues of the journal in order to judge whether or not their manuscript is consistent with the style and content of published papers.