Politics entails personal costs and benefits, which may differ for youth from different sociocultural backgrounds. The at-stake hypothesis proposes that politically marginalized youth experience greater costs (e.g., stress, conflict) and benefits (e.g., empowerment) related to politics, whereas the at-risk hypothesis proposes that politically marginalized youth experience greater costs but lower benefits. In Study 1, we examined the factor structure of a new political costs and benefits measure among youth (N = 1,056, M_age = 15.91 years) and tested mental health and demographic correlates. Consistent with the at-stake hypothesis, marginalized youth experienced greater political costs and benefits than non-marginalized youth, although findings were nuanced. In Study 2, a sub-sample of participants (N = 191, M_age = 16.05 years) were recontacted from Study 1 to provide written explanations for why specific findings emerged. Adolescents' reasons indicated that laws and policies disproportionately affect youth from marginalized populations, thus producing both negative and positive political experiences

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在社会文化背景下了解青少年政治的成本和收益

政治涉及个人成本和收益，对于来自不同社会文化背景的青年来说可能有所不同。风险假设提出，政治边缘化的青年经历与政治相关的更大成本（例如，压力、冲突）和收益（例如，赋权），而风险假设提出，政治边缘化的青年经历更大的成本但收益更低。在研究 1 中，我们检验了一项新的青年政治成本和收益指标的因素结构（N  = 1,056，M_年龄 = 15.91 岁）并测试了心理健康和人口统计相关性。与风险假设一致，边缘化青年比非边缘化青年经历了更大的政治成本和收益，尽管调查结果有细微差别。在研究 2 中，从研究 1 中重新联系了参与者的子样本（N  = 191，M_年龄 = 16.05 岁），以书面解释为什么会出现特定结果。青少年的理由表明，法律和政策不成比例地影响边缘化人群中的青年，从而产生消极和积极的政治经历