本文針對2011年入學的政治學相關科系大學生進行追蹤分析。該年度的政治學相關科系大學生在2011年至2015年之間參與了三波的問卷填答。我們以該筆資料檢視政治系學生在大學時期政治態度的變動狀況、對於太陽花學運的態度與參與狀況以及參加太陽花學運的可能影響。整體而言,超過七成的政治系學生支持太陽花學運,也有超過三成五的政治系學生參與了這個抗議事件。男性與公立大學的政治系學生傾向支持與參與太陽花學運。此外,政治系學生的台灣人/中國認同、政黨支持、對中國的態度等幾項政治態度影響了他們對於太陽花學運的態度。相對地,在是否參與太陽花學運部分,除了政黨支持,其餘的政治態度並無顯著的影響。取而代之的是地理位置遠近與否以及政治資訊的多寡影響了政治系學生是否參與太陽花學運。最後,參加太陽花學運與對民主制度的評價、台灣人認同、政黨支持以及對於政治事務的關注等政治態度與行為有所關連。這顯示政治系學生的政治傾向在參與太陽花學運過程中受到了這個抗議事件的影響。
This study focuses on a cohort of undergraduate students majoring in political science. A three-wave longitudinal data collected between 2011 and 2015 are analyzed to examine the political science students' political attitudes during college years, their participation in the Sunflower Student Movement, and the possible impacts of participating in this protest. There were more than 70% of political science students supporting this movement and more than 35% of them taking part in this protest. It is found that students who were male and studied in the public universities were more likely to support and participate in this protest. In addition, whether the political science majors would support this protest depended on their Taiwanese / Chinese identity, partisanship, and impression of China. However, with the exception of partisanship, the above political attitudes lost their significant effects on whether the political science majors would participate in the protest. It turns out that campus location and the amount of political information received from colleagues were the significant factors contributing to the political science majors' participation in the protest. In addition, the significant relationship between participation in the Sunflower Student Movement and the students' attitudes toward democracy, Taiwanese / Chinese identity, partisanship, and attentiveness to political affairs indicates the possibility that this protest has left an imprint on this cohort of students.