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Murugesan, Vani., Rodriguez, Javier. and Sears, David. "Impressionable Years: The Impact of Parental Political Socialization and College Education on Later Political Activity" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISPP 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Jul 14, 2009 <Not Available>. 2010-03-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p307392_index.html>

Murugesan, V. , Rodriguez, J. M. and Sears, D. O. , 2009-07-14 "Impressionable Years: The Impact of Parental Political Socialization and College Education on Later Political Activity" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ISPP 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Online <PDF>. 2010-03-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p307392_index.html

Publication Type: Paper (prepared oral presentation) Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The Impressionable Years hypothesis proposes that salient events during adolescence and young adulthood are particularly important for political socialization. In accordance with this hypothesis, this paper uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) on a longitudinal dataset to examine whether the political environment of 17 and 18 years olds produces lasting effects on their political activity 10, 20, and 30 years later. While current analyses heavily rely on regression modeling, we implement SEM to explore a model that allows for latent variables, mediation, and causal processes not captured by the configuration of said traditional methods. In particular, we suggest that parental socio-economic status and political socialization during adolescence as well as the experience of a college education are important factors that work in concert to produce a lasting pattern of political engagement. The value of this piece, therefore, lies in that we are able to investigate the dynamics of the political socialization process rather than to attribute its effects to isolated predictors. Findings show that parental political socialization has a lasting impact on child political engagement, which consistently predicts child political activity over the course of 30 years. Receiving a college education has a slightly stronger effect on political engagement, an effect more stable over time when compared to that of parental socialization. Results demonstrate the viability of the Impressionable Years hypothesis and suggest alternative methods for the study of political and psychological processes.

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