Nadzieja podstawowa oraz orientacja pozytywna jako predyktory zaangażowania politycznego młodych
Basic hope and positive orientation as predictors of young people’s political involvement

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a study aimed at nding psychological determinants for the political involvement of young people. The study involved veri cation of the importance of predictors such as basic hope (measured with the Basic Hope Inventory BHI-12 by Jerzy Trzebiński and Mariusz Zięba) and positive orientation (measured with the Positivity Scale, adapted into Polish by Mariola Łaguna, Piotr Oleś and Dorota Filipiuk) for the dependent variables presented as three autonomous factors: electoral participation, other forms of political participation, and civic attitude. Taking into account the theoretical assumptions connected with the variables, it was hypothesized in the study design process that those variables could play a signi cant role in political involvement. They were assumed to be among the potentially signi cant foundations generating community behaviors and leading to the development of attitudes oriented towards neighbors and the common good. The study (N=422) con rmed these expectations; the bivariate model proved to be the weakest predictor of electoral participation, but was a much better determinant for other forms of political participation and civic attitude.

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