Transition of adolescent political action orientations to voting behavior in early adulthood in view of a social-cognitive action theory model of personality

Political Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 277-299

  Krampen, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action theories; Knowledge; Locus of control; Longitudinal studies; Personality theory; Political participation; Political socialization; Self concept; Trust; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195010     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00188     Document Type: Article

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