Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Κλίμακα Πολιτικής Αποτελεσματικότητας	Κλίμακα Πολιτικής Συμμετοχής
Πεδίο	Πολιτική Ψυχολογία	Πολιτική Ψυχολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1969	1995
Δημιουργός	Richard Niemi, Steven Craig, Albert Bandura	Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry Brady
Τύπος	Self-report	Self-report
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Niemi, R. G., Craig, S. C., & Mattei, F. (1991). Measuring internal political efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study. American Political Science Review, 85(4), 1407-1413.	Verba, S., Schlozman, K. L., & Brady, H. E. (1995). Voice and equality: Civic voluntarism in American politics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Political Efficacy, Internal Efficacy, External Efficacy	PPCS, Civic Participation Measure, Political Activity Scale
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	Political efficacy measures sense of personal agency and power in the political system, encompassing both internal efficacy (belief in own political competence and understanding) and external efficacy (belief that the political system is responsive to citizen input). Rooted in Bandura's self-efficacy theory (1977) and developed for political contexts by Niemi, Craig, and colleagues (1969 onwards), the measure explains why some citizens feel empowered to engage in politics while others feel powerless. High-efficacy citizens are substantially more likely to participate, contact representatives, and vote; low-efficacy citizens withdraw from politics and are susceptible to anti-democratic appeals.	The Political Participation Scale measures engagement in civic and political activities, encompassing voting, campaign involvement, contacting officials, organizational membership, community volunteering, and protest activity. Developed by Verba, Schlozman, and Brady (1995), the measure captures both conventional participation (voting, contacting representatives) and unconventional participation (protest, civil disobedience). It addresses fundamental questions in political science: Why do some citizens engage while others withdraw? How do structural resources (time, money, education) and psychological factors (efficacy, interest) drive participation?