This study posits that social learning theory can explain development of structure in preadults' political attitudes better than the much-discussed "vulnerability" and "two-step" hypotheses. (Author)

Findings indicate that advanced moral judgment and potentially radical political beliefs came together in mid-adolescence. (Author/AM)

This paper identifies the politically significant others for 154 6th, 9th, and 12th grade respondents for the following topics: political parties, the presidency, Richard Nixon, and the war in Vietnam. Parents emerge as the most influential individual political socialization agent, with peers a close second. (Author/AM)

Three hypotheses are tested in order to reveal racial differences in the reaction to Watergate in a sample of 944 high school seniors in Atlanta; the partisanship, social deprivation, and political reality hypotheses. (Author/AM)

Longitudinal data from a national sample of students ages 9, 13, and 17 are used to study the levels of political knowledge and participation among American youth. Changes in these levels from 1969 to 1975 are examined. (Author/MC) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Change) (Interpretation).

Analyzes critically the two major perspectives on high school student politics, attempting to explicate and clarify both the empirical and normative implications of: (1) schools being considered not only hierarchical structures that process children but also basically bureaucracies and hence non-political institutions; and (2) high schools being…

Political attitudes, as measured in a large, national representative sample survey in five areas central to the "great gap" hypothesis (i.e. huge differences in attitudes between the young and the old) are examined in light of three models of the politics of youth. The data casts doubt on theories of the "youth revolt". While the non-college young…

The "spillover" hypothesis, the suggestion that early childhood images of the president affect the development of attitudes toward the operation of the political system, is tested. Evidence both consistent and inconsistent with the hypothesis is found. (Author)