Adolescents During and After Times of Social Change: The Case of the Czech Republic

Petr Macek, Stanislav Ježek, Alexander T. Vazsonyi

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Abstract

The paper introduces a set of four studies focused on adolescents in the Czech Republic. In the first part, authors reflect on the cultural background, the political, social, and psychological factors that have had influence on several generations of adolescents in the period of the communist totalitarian regime. They also describe the social changes brought by the democratization of Czech society since the early 1990s. Second part of the paper reviews the life and changes in the behavior of Czech adolescents over the past 20 years. Based the findings of three studies representing three cohorts of adolescents (1992, 2001, 2010), it is argued that current Czech adolescents are becoming more like their Western peers. Compared with the 1990s adolescents, the current cohort is more realistic in their expectations, oriented more on achievement, social pleasure, and material values. Their relationship to formal authorities is weaker; especially, the relationships with parents and teachers are more liberal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1029-1047
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Early Adolescence
Volume33
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This paper and relevant research activities were supported by Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University.

Keywords

  • Czech adolescents
  • social change

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Life-span and Life-course Studies

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