Reports a study of the extent to which students participated in the 1970 election campaigns, and why; and of how campaign activism effected the ideology and personality of those who participated; the data are based on mail questionnaire responses from a sample of Washington State University students. (JM)

Focusing on the sociopolitical roles and role behaviors of university students, as compared with those of the so-called working class, this study analyzed data collected by questionnaire from 1000 students at the University of Rome in May 1969. (JM)

Asserts that the role of biologically transmitted individual differences needs to be explored fully, examines the assumptions underlying the emphasis on childhood in empirical research, and examines the nature, persistance and later impact of two sorts of orientations which may be acquired in childhood, political attitudes and party…

Examination of 352 Dutch secondary school students reveals that adolescents with high-level education who endorse adolescent rebellion have a more distinctly left-wing profile--in both their political party preferences and their political views--than those with low-level education, who more often ratified political intolerance. (BJV)

Examination of 1981-83 panel study of Swedish youths born in 1965 to determine the extent to which employment problems affect developing belief in the political process. Results show a clear relationship--one more complex than a simple reflection of self-interest. (PS)

Investigates the levels of political efficacy reported by college students in the United States, England, and India. Discusses the factors that influence political efficacy in each culture including educational faculty, gender, age, religion, language, residence, economic status, student's characteristics, interest in politics and party…