How do young adults get involved in community and political life and what distinguishes those who are engaged from those who are not? In an attempt to answer these questions, the current study examines civic participation (CP) profiles, and their predictors, among 311 French-Canadian youths transitioning into adulthood. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and multinomial logistic regressions were performed. Four CP profiles were identified: unengaged (N = 198; 64%), political specialists (N = 47; 15%), community service specialists (N = 31; 10%) and dual activists (N = 35; 11%). Higher civic attitudes, altruistic orientation, political attentiveness and educational aspirations predicted active CP profile membership. Implications for future research are discussed.

年轻人如何参与社区和政治生活？有什么区别参与的人和没有参与的人？为了回答这些问题，本研究调查了311名成年法国和加拿大年轻人中的公民参与（CP）概况及其预测因素。进行了潜在类别分析（LCA）和多项逻辑回归。确定了四个CP档案：未参与（N = 198； 64％），政治专家（N = 47； 15％），社区服务专家（N = 31； 10％）和双重积极分子（N= 35; 11％）。较高的公民态度，利他主义取向，政治专心和教育抱负预示着积极的CP档案成员身份。讨论了对未来研究的意义。