Young adults' knowledge of politics: Evaluating the role of socio-cognitive variables using structural equations

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Brussino, Silvina ^a   Medrano, Leonardo ^a   Sorribas, Patricia ^a   Rabbia, Hugo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Interest in politics; Political efficacy; Political knowledge; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954528863     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n1.16     Document Type: Article

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