TY - JOUR
T1 - The price of rights
T2 - High school students' civic values and behaviors
AU - Bos, Angela L.
AU - Williamson, Ian
AU - Sullivan, John L.
AU - Gonzales, Marti Hope
AU - Avery, Patricia G
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Previous analyses of U.S. civics textbooks documented an overwhelming emphasis on citizen rights to the relative exclusion of citizen obligations and participation. Despite evidence of this uneven coverage, scholars have not yet investigated the psychological and behavioral consequences of this asymmetry, which may be especially consequential in the U.S., a predominantly individualistic culture. The present research does just this by analyzing survey data collected from high school students in civics courses. As expected, and in accordance with the content of civics curricula, students show greater endorsement of rights than of obligations. Moreover, higher support for obligations increases students' intention to vote and to participate in civic and extracurricular activities, whereas endorsement of rights is negatively associated with political participation.
AB - Previous analyses of U.S. civics textbooks documented an overwhelming emphasis on citizen rights to the relative exclusion of citizen obligations and participation. Despite evidence of this uneven coverage, scholars have not yet investigated the psychological and behavioral consequences of this asymmetry, which may be especially consequential in the U.S., a predominantly individualistic culture. The present research does just this by analyzing survey data collected from high school students in civics courses. As expected, and in accordance with the content of civics curricula, students show greater endorsement of rights than of obligations. Moreover, higher support for obligations increases students' intention to vote and to participate in civic and extracurricular activities, whereas endorsement of rights is negatively associated with political participation.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00212.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00212.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248572115
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 37
SP - 1265
EP - 1284
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 6
ER -