PMID- 37444162
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230717
LR  - 20231116
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 13
DP  - 2023 Jul 7
TI  - Individual Differences in Adolescents' Civic Engagement: The Role of Civic 
      Discussions with Parents and Environmental Sensitivity.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph20136315 [doi]
LID - 6315
AB  - The main goal of the current study was to examine the direct and moderating 
      effects of civic discussions with parents and environmental sensitivity using 
      both the total score and its specific dimensions (i.e., Aesthetic Sensitivity, 
      AES; Ease of Excitation, EOE; Low Sensitivity Threshold, LST) on youth civic 
      engagement (attitudes and behaviours). The empirical analysis relied on a 
      questionnaire-based survey conducted on a sample of 438 adolescents (30% males), 
      aged between 14 and 18 years (M = 16.50, SD = 1.36). We used a structural 
      equation model (SEM) with latent variables and the latent moderated structural 
      equation (LMS) method to test our hypotheses. Our results showed that civic 
      discussions with parents were positively and significantly associated with 
      general environmental sensitivity and with AES and predicted both civic attitudes 
      and civic behaviours; EOE was negatively and significantly related to civic 
      behaviours; AES was positively and significantly related to civic attitudes; and 
      LST was not significantly related to either civic attitudes or behaviours. 
      Contrary to our expectations, environmental sensitivity did not moderate the 
      relationship between civic discussions with parents and civic engagement. Our 
      study further highlights the relevance that parents have in shaping their 
      children's civic engagement and makes a novel contribution regarding how 
      differences in perceiving and processing environmental stimuli can affect beliefs 
      and behaviours toward community issues among young individuals.
FAU - Valenti, Giusy Danila
AU  - Valenti GD
AD  - Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of 
      Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
FAU - Lo Coco, Alida
AU  - Lo Coco A
AD  - Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of 
      Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
FAU - Iannello, Nicolo Maria
AU  - Iannello NM
AD  - Department of Law, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
FAU - Inguglia, Cristiano
AU  - Inguglia C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4454-1998
AD  - Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of 
      Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
FAU - Pluess, Michael
AU  - Pluess M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5071-2047
AD  - Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of 
      London, London E1 4NS, UK.
FAU - Lionetti, Francesca
AU  - Lionetti F
AD  - Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University G. 
      D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
FAU - Ingoglia, Sonia
AU  - Ingoglia S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7272-7976
AD  - Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of 
      Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20230707
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Child
MH  - Humans
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Female
MH  - *Individuality
MH  - *Adolescent Behavior
MH  - Motivation
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Models, Theoretical
PMC - PMC10341440
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - adolescence
OT  - civic engagement
OT  - environmental sensitivity
OT  - parent-child relationship
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/07/14 13:06
MHDA- 2023/07/17 06:42
PMCR- 2023/07/07
CRDT- 2023/07/14 01:04
PHST- 2023/05/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/07/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/07/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/07/17 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/07/14 13:06 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/07/14 01:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph20136315 [pii]
AID - ijerph-20-06315 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph20136315 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 7;20(13):6315. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph20136315.