Adolescence in Spain: a Political and Socio-Emotional Analysis

DEBATE: A Look at Adolescence from Three Perspectives

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54790/rccs.191

Keywords:

sociology, adolescence, Spain, survey, gender, age

Abstract

In order to characterise Spanish adolescence in political and socio-emotional terms, we used microdata from the latest INJUVE survey (2023), extracting the subsample  corresponding to the population aged 15 to 19 (n=1228). The overall results show a tolerant group, focused on a wide range of social concerns, highly critical on a political level but not conservative. Male adolescents are somewhat more conservative and critical of democracy, reluctant to support the feminist struggle and much more frequent consumers of pornography. Girls show greater exposure to unwanted sexual relations, a more pronounced feeling of loneliness and seem to be more sensitive to certain social problems.

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Author Biography

Iván Rodríguez Pascual, Universidad de Huelva

Senior lecturer in sociology and a member of the Centre for Research in Contemporary Thought and Innovation for Social Development (COIDESO) at the University of Huelva. Since defending his doctoral thesis on the measurement of child well-being and new technological media, he has published extensively on the sociological study of childhood, which constitutes his principal area of research. He currently combines this research activity with his role as Secretary of the first Research Committee on the Sociology of Childhood established in Spain, part of the Spanish Federation of Sociology.

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Published

2026-07-06

How to Cite

Rodríguez Pascual, I. (2026). Adolescence in Spain: a Political and Socio-Emotional Analysis: DEBATE: A Look at Adolescence from Three Perspectives. CENTRA Journal of Social Sciences, 5(2), 161–178. https://doi.org/10.54790/rccs.191