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Dr. Landberg, Monique

Akademische Mitarbeiterin; Forschungszentrum für Bildungsinnovation und Professionalisierung
Fakultät 1 - Pädagogische Psychologie

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SammelbandEnglisch

Number of Close Friends and Their Links to Life Satisfaction Over the Great Recession in Germany

Landberg, M. & Recksiedler, C. (2018). Number of Close Friends and Their Links to Life Satisfaction Over the Great Recession in Germany. In: Close Relationships and Happiness (S. 131-149). Dordrecht: Springer.

Abstract
The present study tested if worries about the economy was associated with life satisfaction and if this association was mediated by individuals’ self- reported number of close friends. A longitudinal mediation model was employed across three time points with data from the beginning of the recession in 2008, the midst of the recession in 2011, and the recovery phase in 2013. A diverse sample of German emerging adults aged 18 to 29 (M (SD) age = 23.28 (3.53); 52.3% females at baseline) was selected. Results partly supported the hypotheses. More worries about the economy were associated with fewer close friends and having fewer friends was related to lower levels of life satisfaction. However, after considering the impact of covariates (e.g., gender, age, employment status), the study yielded slightly different results. Implications and practical applications for emerging adults’ well-being in light of economic strain are discussed.
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Apathy or alienation? Political passivity among youths across eight European Union countries.

Dahl, V., Amna, E., Banaji, S., Landberg, M., Serek, J., Ribeiro, N., Beilmann, M., Pavlopoulos, V. & Zani, B. (2018). Apathy or alienation? Political passivity among youths across eight European Union countries. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2018(15(3)), 284-301.

Abstract
Political participation is one of the most studied aspects of the contemporary development of western democracies. A recent trend focuses the lack of political participation among younger generations. At the same time, the last decades have also witnessed a growth in the share of young European Union (EU) citizens who express alienation, and distrust toward social and political institutions at the national as well as the European level. By studying young people across different countries of the EU, the current study aims to examine if youths’ political passivity is better explained by political apathy or alienation. Our analyses are based on a comparative survey data collected by the Catch-EyoU project comprising approximately 4 454 late adolescents assembled from eight member countries of the EU. Results from logistic regressions predicting non-voting from apathy and alienation support the idea that political passivity is best understood as the result of political apathy. Moreover, it seems that the underlying separator of apathetic and alienated youths is cognitive awareness of political life. These results are discussed in relation to potentially built-in paradoxes of apathy present in efficient and well-functional welfare-state democracies.
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