How Internal Political Efficacy Translates Political Knowledge Into Political Participation

How Internal Political Efficacy Translates Political Knowledge Into Political Participation

This study presents evidence for the mediation effect of political knowledge through political self-efficacy (i.e. internal political efficacy) in the prediction of political participation. It employs an action theoretic approach—by and large grounded on the Theory of Planned Behaviour—and uses data...

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Main Author: Frank Reichert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2016-05-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
Subjects:
action theory
Germany
internal political efficacy
political knowledge
political participation
Theory of Planned Behaviour
voting
Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1095

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