Author E. Mark Cummings describes how this study was launched and details the vital role played by colleagues in Northern Ireland. He explains the many contributions of both graduate and…
Author Interview: Youth in Northern Ireland | Video
In these videos, Monograph Matters Associate Editor, Lauren J. Myers, talks with Dana Townsend and E. Mark Cummings to discuss the SRCD Monograph…
What Do Kids Understand About the Political Process? | Infographic
Researchers sought to learn more about the political development of the nation’s children. They interviewed nearly 200 elementary-school-aged children before and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. The…
Toward a Developmental Science of Politics
by Meagan M. Patterson Ph.D., Rebecca S. Bigler, Ph.D., Erin Pahlke, Ph.D., Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D., Amy Roberson Hayes, Ph.D., M. Chantal Ramirez, M.A., and Andrew A. Nelson, M.A.
A Developmental Science of Politics: How Research with Adolescents has Expanded the Meaning of Politics
Commentary by Dr. Constance Flanagan. Scholarship on civic/political engagement as a domain of adolescent development has surged over the past few decades. However, as Patterson et al. (2019) point…
Making Children’s Rights and Participation Central in Children’s Political Development
Commentary by Drs. Martin D. Ruck and Jennifer Tang. In the Patterson et al. (2019) monograph, Toward a Developmental Science of Politics, the authors make a strong case for establishing…
Pitfalls along the Path toward a Developmental Science of Politics
Commentary by Dr. Susan Welch. As a political scientist, I find the Patterson et al. (2019) monograph, Toward a Developmental Science of Politics, of considerable interest. Their review of earlier…
Children’s Political Development: Pessimism or Optimism?
Authors’ Response to Commentaries on the 84.3 issue of Monographs. We thank the scholars who authored commentaries on our SRCD Monograph for their thoughtful and interesting pieces. In responding to…
Overview: Toward a Developmental Science of Politics | Video
How much do children really know about politics? How do they develop their own political opinions? A study describes factors that are likely to affect children’s political development and reports the results of a study of…
Methodological Lessons: How to Integrate Diversity in Study Samples | Video
Based on methods used in a study published in the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, M. Chantal Ramirez (University of Texas at Austin) discusses how and why to include Latinx participants…