How does community service promote prosocial behavior? Examining the role of agency and ideology experience.

Autor/inn/en	Christoph, Gabriela; Gniewosz, Burkhard; Reinders, Heinz
Titel	How does community service promote prosocial behavior? Examining the role of agency and ideology experience.
Quelle	In: International journal of behavioral development, 38 (2014) 6, S. 499-508Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (inhaltlich überarbeitete Version); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Forschungsdaten, Studiendetails und Erhebungsinstrumente
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025414531465
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-127934
Schlagwörter	Erfahrung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Deutschland; Dienstleistung; Erfahrung; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Messung; Weltanschauung; Wirkung; Soziales Verhalten; Messung; Weltanschauung; Gemeinde (Kommune); Dienstleistung; Wirkung; Wirkungsforschung; Jugendlicher; Deutschland
Abstract	This study examines community service effects on adolescents' prosocial behaviors as mediated through experiences made during service. Based on theoretical assumptions by Youniss and Yates, we suggest that personal agency experiences and being confronted with situations that can challenge the own world views (ideology experiences) serve as mediators. The data were collected in a two-wave longitudinal study surveying 2,408 German adolescents aged between 14 and 15 years. Based on true intraindividual change models, the results support the expected mediation of service effects on prosocial behaviors through agency, but not ideology experiences. The findings suggest that community service affects prosocial behaviors through a behavioral pathway.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2018/2