TY - JOUR
T1 - Community service for youth
T2 - The value of psychological engagement over number of hours spent
AU - McGuire, Jenifer K.
AU - Gamble, Wendy C.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - This study examined the relative contribution of psychological engagement with a service activity and number of hours spent in that activity as predictors of change over time in community belonging and social responsibility. Sixty-eight primarily rural adolescents participated as teen leaders in a sexuality education program, and completed assessments of social responsibility and community belonging before and after program participation. Psychological engagement with the service activity and number of hours spent were used to predict changes in social responsibility and community belonging, while controlling for gender, prior program participation, and sexual behaviour history. Psychological engagement, but not number of hours spent, accounted for significant unique variability of change in community belonging and social responsibility.
AB - This study examined the relative contribution of psychological engagement with a service activity and number of hours spent in that activity as predictors of change over time in community belonging and social responsibility. Sixty-eight primarily rural adolescents participated as teen leaders in a sexuality education program, and completed assessments of social responsibility and community belonging before and after program participation. Psychological engagement with the service activity and number of hours spent were used to predict changes in social responsibility and community belonging, while controlling for gender, prior program participation, and sexual behaviour history. Psychological engagement, but not number of hours spent, accounted for significant unique variability of change in community belonging and social responsibility.
KW - Community belonging
KW - Community service
KW - Social responsibility
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.07.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16125766
AN - SCOPUS:33644641524
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 29
SP - 289
EP - 298
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 2
ER -