13 September 2023
The answer to this question can be found in our newest article, in which Piotr Michalski, together with collaborators from the Political Cognition Lab (Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences) strucinise the relationship between political influence perception and the actual engagement in matters related to politics.
From a series of studies conducted among Polish (representative sample) and British participants, we found out that there exists a positive association between considering politics to have a significant impact on one's life and the willingness to engage in it.
What is more, as the results of our experimental studies prove, showing citizens the exact way in which political decisions shape their personal reality (for example by alluding to an increased price of certain goods) predicted higher political influence perception and was positively related to the willingness to engage in political life.
Results of our research demonstrate that making citizens aware of the direct impact political decisions have on their everyday functioning may be significant for getting people more engaged in different forms of civic participation!
The entire article can be found here: When Politics Affects the Self: High Political Influence Perception Predicts Civic and Political Participation
