%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Parents, Social Media and Materialism in Teenage Activism
%A Anna Maria Zawadzka
%A Judyta Borchet
%A Magdalena Iwanowska
%J -
%D 2018
%R 10.32872/spb.v13i4.26706
%X The aim of the study was to examine the role of parents, social media and materialism in teenage activism. We surveyed 13-16 year olds (N = 177). We measured teenagers¡¯ activist ¡°identity and involvement¡± and activist behavior, parents¡¯ activist behavior, as perceived by their offspring, media use frequency and the purpose of social media use. The results indicate that both teenage activist ¡°identity and involvement¡± and activist behavior are positively related to both the mother and father¡¯s activist behavior but are negatively related to hedonic use of media. Hedonic use of media and gender are predictors of youth activist ¡°identity and involvement¡± while mother¡¯s activism, hedonic use of media and the teenager¡¯s age are predictors of youth activist behavior. To sum up, the study indicates that mother¡¯s activism and the purpose of media use are related to teenage activism. It also shows that materialism and media use frequency are not significantly linked to teenage activism
%K [activism
%K materialism
%K media
%K parents
%K teenagers]
%U https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/2483