Representations about political participation and belief in a just world: A study about Argentine youth

KRIGER, MIRIAM; BARREIRO, ALICIA VIVIANA

Estambul

Encuentro; 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology; 2011

International Society of Political Psychology

This poster presents the results of a study that explores the relationship of young Argentines with politics. The main objective is to analyze the relations between historical understanding (Kriger & Carretero 2010) and social world conceptualization (Turiel 2000 ) in conformation of political thought ( Kriger 2010a). Specifically, this presentation focuses in the relationship between the young's representation about their political participation and ideological belief in a just world (Lerner, 1980, 2003). This study was carried out using a convenience sample composed by young students (n=125) from Buenos Aires, 17 and 18 years-old.. The instruments used were a questionnaire designed ad hoc (Kriger, 2010b) and the Just World Scale (Rubin & Peplau, 1975). The results indicate that participants whose feel "afraid to participate in politics" are also those who believe more in a just world, compared with those who believe that political participation is "a necessary compromise" and those who say that they don’t participate because "prefer to do other things" (F = 4.02, p