Author(s)

Wei Feng

Corresponding Author

Wei Feng

Abstract

With the rapid development of new media environments, the issue of value confusion among youth cannot be ignored. Current educational approaches often position young people as passive recipients, failing to fully leverage their subjectivity. Based on this, and guided by Participatory Action Research (PAR) theory, this paper explores the influence mechanism of youth autonomous participation on value confusion and verifies the mediating role of subjectivity. Through a quantitative analysis of survey data from 309 university students at a university in western China, the study reveals that: (1) Youth autonomous participation has a significant positive impact on subjectivity; (2) Subjectivity has a significant negative impact on the degree of value confusion; (3) Youth autonomous participation has a significant negative impact on the degree of value confusion; (4) Subjectivity partially mediates the relationship between autonomous participation and value confusion. This paper enriches the theoretical framework of youth value cultivation, emphasizes the importance of autonomous participation and subjectivity, and provides new perspectives and methods for ideological and political education practice.

Keywords

Youth value confusion; Autonomous participation; Subjectivity; Participatory Action Research (PAR); Ideological and political education