Sunday, July 29, 2007

Parental Qualities Found to Significantly Affect the Civic Competence of Adolescents

From Press Release: "What parents do with their adolescent children, and what parents know about politics and government, are generally more important for youth civic development than who the parents are in terms background characteristics.

The research is presented in an article entitled “The Influence of Family Political Discussion on Youth Civic Development: Which Parent Qualities Matter?” authored by Hugh McIntosh (independent scholar), Daniel Hart (Rutgers University), and James Youniss (Catholic University). The article appears in the July issue of PS: Political Science & Politics, a journal of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and is available online."

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