A Study of Adult Political Socialization

The purpose of this paper is to examine adult political socialization with the participants in regional movements. The concept of political socialization was derived from Parsons' concepts of socialization and polity.The problems in this study are as follows:1) Can we find the clear process of adult political socialization?2) If we can, what are the contents?3) What are the factors in its process?The data indicated the following results:1) The process of adult political socialization can be clearly found.2) It is the socialization in commitments. It includes both generalized commitments to the specific values of the collectivity and commitments to the specified role; that is politicalinterests and feeling of political efficacy. But we can't find any political socializationin capacities.3) The direction of political socialization is toward the aquisition of higher political interests and stronger sense of political efficacy.4) The pattern of participation in the movement is a factor of political socialization.5) Sex and schoolcareer are the mediating factors of political socialization.6) The pattern of socialization may influence the process of adult political socialization.