ABSTRACT

Civic self-efficacy and trust are interrelated dimensions of citizenship that are important in adolescence and linked to educational contexts. Furthermore, they have been separately connected to corruption. However, the three factors are seldom looked at together and investigations of them using international education datasets are rarely contextualised within national histories and politics. The current study uses the 2009 and 2016 ICCS and multi-group multilevel confirmatory factor analysis to investigate differences in and relationships between adolescent Colombians’ trust, civic self-efficacy, and acceptance of corruption. During these years, the government was involved in a peace process that sparked political polarisation and embroiled in several corruption scandals. Analyses revealed lower institutional trust, but higher civic self-efficacy and acceptance of corruption in the 2016 cohort. The results indicate that declining trust and rising acceptance of corruption may not dictate negative civic outcomes, while highlighting possible areas for refocusing peace education in Colombia and beyond.

摘要

公民自我效能和信任是公民的相互关联的维度，在青春期很重要，并且与教育环境相关联。此外，它们还分别与腐败有关。然而，这三个因素很少被一起研究，使用国际教育数据集对它们的调查很少在国家历史和政治中进行背景化。目前的研究使用 2009 年和 2016 年的 ICCS 和多组多级验证性因素分析来调查哥伦比亚青少年的信任、公民自我效能和对腐败的接受之间的差异和关系。在这些年里，政府参与的和平进程引发了政治两极分化，并卷入了几起腐败丑闻。分析显示机构信任度较低，但在 2016 年队列中，公民自我效能感和对腐败的接受度更高。结果表明，信任的下降和对腐败的接受程度的提高可能并不意味着负面的公民结果，同时强调了重新关注哥伦比亚及其他地区和平教育的可能领域。