Youth civic engagement in the Philippines: The association between social dominance orientation and civic engagement through locus of control

• Main Authors: Ang, Danica C., Braganza, Stephanie Anne U., Delos Reyes, Beatriz Agnes D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Youth > Political activity > Developing countries; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10846
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study is about how civic engagement and social dominance are related through one's locus of control. One of the reasons that the group chose this topic was because generally, civic engagement is understudied in psychology. The group did an explanatory-quantitative survey research design (correlational study), and administered three tests to 216 students in 4 big universities in Metro manila. The three scales used were the Active and Engaged Citizenship Scale, the third version of the Spheres of Control scale, and the Social Dominance Orientation scale. The groups hypothesis was that low social dominance and internal locus of control result in high civic engagement, and the results showed that individuals with a lower rate on social dominance orientation are more likely to be active in civic engagement, while those with a higher rate on internal locus of control are more likely to be active in civic engagement. Also, individuals with higher social dominance orientation tended to be less civically engaged, and vice versa. It was also discussed that individuals for equality in society may desire for societal change, and thus attempt to actualize their belief in having an equal society, by making use of the belief that they are in control of their lives and circumstances.