Examines the developmental nature of the relationship between moral judgment and the structure of political values and beliefs. (MK)

By viewing rock lyrics as a vehicle that demands a sociopolitical response, rock and roll critics place in the hands of rock artists a responsibility that is not warranted. Particularly with regard to political messages, rock and roll should be viewed from a more individualized perspective. (BJV)

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)

Presents findings of a study of adolescent political activism that focused on why so few Americans participate in politics, despite the participatory ideology taught in most schools. Identifies aspects of role, ideology, and personality that encourage participatory motivations among youth. Reports that activist youths tend to be self-critical and…

The results of a 1982 survey of college students' political attitudes were compared with similar surveys conducted in 1950 and 1971. Contemporary student activists appear to be about as conservative as the nonactivists of 1972. They are not, however, inordinately cynical or pessimistic about the future. (KH)

Compares periodical articles representing the "Punk" movement with articles from the "Reader's Digest" and the 1960s hippie movement. Concludes that the punk movement is more expressive and less instrumental than its middle-class counterpart. (KH)

To examine the relationship between political discontent and political behavior, questionnaires were administered to 1500 college students. Such a relationship was found to be complex and multi-dimensional. Feelings of efficacy, for example, play a crucial role. Moreover, the mobilization of political discontent can take a variety of forms.…

An historical account of the various transformations of the Polish youth intelligentsia, covering four university student "generations" from the period 1945-1970, which traces the chronology of changes and reversals in student political interests and movements. A Post Scriptum describes shifts since 1970. (EH)

A study of self-reported drug use by 433 undergraduates revealed significant differences between current and former users. Former users are less alienated, less likely to endorse drug use wholeheartedly, and less likely to condemn the law and legal institutions. Nonetheless, the attitudes of former users are closer to current users' than…

Student opinions on affirmative action were surveyed in 1977 and 1981 at the University of California at Davis (litigant in the Bakke case). In sum, affirmative action attitude appears to be affected by how the issue is framed, the basic political views of those questioned, who they are socially, and when they are queried. (KH)

Student political activism appears to be, at least in part, a function of socialization experiences and political alienation. One indicator of socialization experiences was perception of independence from parents. Another indicator, sex, proved to be significantly associated with all protest activities. Societal grievances were significantly…

Relates the intensity of youth protest movements in the 1960s to cohort size, which was large because of the post-World War II baby boom. Reviews literature on socialization and class expectations among members of large birth cohorts. Associates the youth movement with protesters' perceived economic threats to their middle-class lifestyle. (KH)

In one high school, students' attitudes toward school shifted from critical to positive between 1970 and 1979. Furthermore, school attitudes in 1979 were not systematically related to sociopolitical attitudes and political participation, as they were in 1970. Results suggest that perspectives on schooling shifted with changes in the socializing…

A survey of attitudes of the student population at Nigeria's University of Ife, at the outset of the civil war in 1967, revealed the development of a common set of political attitudes among the students which are variegated but in which variations are not related to tribal origins in any fundamental aspects. (EH)

Attempts to explain why a cohort of Polish youth participated so actively in the Solidarity movement of 1980-81, even though studies of these youth conducted in the early 1970s had shown their values to be of a private-stabilization nature. Focuses on the effects of Poland's economic crisis and life under martial law. (KH)