Youth in a broader socio-cultural context

Lavrič, Miran and Gvozdanović, Anja and Vuk Godina, Vesna (2025) Youth in a broader socio-cultural context. In: Two countries, one crisis: the YO-VID22 pandemic study. Edition Special Editions . University of Maribor, University of Maribor Press ; Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Maribor, pp. 313-334. ISBN 978-961-299-048-0 (Print), 978-961-299-047-3 (Online)

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Abstract

IN ENGLISH: This chapter analyses shifts in social trust, religiosity, and prosocial attitudes among youth in Croatia and Slovenia, and their implications for well-being and social cohesion. Generalised trust remains modest, with Slovenia seeing a decline during COVID19, followed by a recovery by 2023. Croatian youth show higher trust, but with gender disparities. Interpersonal trust in family and friends remains high, yet between 2018 and 2023, declines occurred in both countries, particularly in Croatia, where trust in neighbours, classmates, and extended family dropped. The patterns of religiosity among Croatian and Slovenian youth differ notably. Slovenian youth maintain low and stable levels of religious belief and practice, while Croatian youth show increasing polarisation between firm believers and secular non-believers, with declining church attendance. Religiosity offered little protective effect on psychological well-being during the pandemic, except for a modest benefit of personal belief in Slovenia. Both countries show declining altruism and support for redistribution, signalling erosion of solidaristic norms. Policy implications stress strengthening peer networks, gender-responsive support, civic education, and measures to reduce inequality and rebuild social cohesion. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Ovo poglavlje analizira promjene u društvenom povjerenju, religioznosti i prosocijalnim stavovima među mladima u Hrvatskoj i Sloveniji te njihove implikacije za dobrobit i društvenu koheziju. Opće povjerenje ostaje umjereno, pri čemu je u Sloveniji tijekom COVID-19 pandemije došlo do pada, a zatim oporavka do 2023. godine. Mladi u Hrvatskoj iskazuju veće povjerenje, ali s rodnim razlikama. Povjerenje u obitelj i prijatelje ostaje visoko, no između 2018. i 2023. zabilježeni su padovi u obje zemlje, posebice u Hrvatskoj, gdje je pala razina povjerenja u susjede, školsku populaciju i širu obitelj. Obrasci religioznosti među hrvatskim i slovenskim mladima znatno se razlikuju. Slovenski mladi zadržavaju niske i stabilne razine vjerskog uvjerenja i prakse, dok hrvatski mladi pokazuju rastuću polarizaciju između čvrstih vjernika i sekularnih nevjernika, uz pad u posjećivanju crkve. Religioznost je tijekom pandemije pružala ograničenu zaštitu psihološkoj dobrobiti, osim skromne koristi osobne vjere u Sloveniji. Obje zemlje bilježe pad altruizma i podrške preraspodjeli, što ukazuje na eroziju solidarnosti. Političke implikacije naglašavaju jačanje vršnjačkih mreža, rodno osjetljive podrške, građanskog obrazovanja te mjere za smanjenje nejednakosti i obnavljanje društvene kohezije.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Mladi u širem socio-kulturnom kontekstu.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social trust, religiosity, altruism, solidarity, youth well-being (društveno povjerenje, religioznost, altruizam, solidarnost, dobrobit mladih)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Depositing User:	Karolina
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2025 11:55
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2025 11:55
URI:	http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1240

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