A Cross-Cultural and Trans-Generational Study: Links between Psychological Characteristics and Socio-Political Tendency amongst Urban Population in Afghanistan
| Autor: | Hossein Kaviani, Sayed-Jafar Ahmadi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
Urban Population Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population political behaviour 050109 social psychology Empathy Article Surveys and Questionnaires 050602 political science & public administration Openness to experience Personality Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Gender role education media_common Aged education.field_of_study 05 social sciences Authoritarianism Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Suggestibility Afghanistan democratic values language.human_language 0506 political science culture personality language Pashto Medicine Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6372, p 6372 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 12 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Aim: This study examined how psychosocial characteristics might relate to adherence to democratic values among young and older people within two different cultural contexts in Afghanistan. Method: Self-report questionnaires were employed to measure empathy, theory of mind, gender role equality, openness to experiences, suggestibility, authoritarianism and support for democracy. A sample of 669 people from younger (18–25 years) and older (45 years and above) age groups from different cultural backgrounds in Afghanistan participated in the study. A series of MANOVAs were conducted to examine the cultural (Dari, Pashto), generational and gender differences on the study variables. Dari and Pashto speakers showed equal degrees of support for authoritarianism regardless of age difference. Results: The findings reveal that Dari speakers scored more highly on empathy, theory of mind, openness, gender role equality, democratic values and lower on suggestibility than Pashto speakers. Older Pashtun participants had lower scores on theory of mind than their younger counterparts. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis yields that gender role equality, openness and suggestibility predict support for democracy with gender role equality being the strongest predictor. Conclusion: The knowledge gained here would potentially be incorporated into the development of practical guidelines to be used by policy makers, education systems and the media to facilitate the process of democratization. |
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