Jordanian Families' Perceptions on Youth Participation in Political Parties: A sociological study

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims to identify the Jordanian family concept on youth partisan participation concerning the viewpoint of youths. Additionally, it seeks to determine statistical significance variation regarding enhancing youth partisan participation attributable to variables such as gender, housing location, parents' monthly income, parents' levels of education, and parents' partisan experience.

Methods: a descriptive analytical approach utilizing a social survey sampling technique was applied. The sample comprised 282 male and female students from Princess Rahma University College / Al-Balqa Applied University, chosen based on a stratified random method.

Results: the findings were found to be positive and moderate. They reflect family's perspectives of partisan participation as a platform for political awareness, and that party involvement advances national development. Moreover, they showed that son's engagement in partisan activities plays an important role in shaping public opinion. Furthermore, the findings revealed, to a moderate degree, that Jordanian families tend to encourage their sons to join political parties more often nowadays. These results indicate that there has been a shift in the stereotype of Jordanian families regarding increased young people's partisan involvement in in political partisan activity. Furthermore, the findings revealed that there are not any statistically significant differences in the degree of youth partisan participation as perceived by Jordanian families that can be linked to the monthly income variable.

Conclusions:The study concluded that the differences in the level of the Jordanian family concept of partisan participation of young people appear to favor parents with higher educational level.