Fostering Meaning, Purpose, and Enduring Commitments to Community Service in College: A Multidimensional Conceptual Model

Autor/inn/en	Rockenbach, Alyssa Bryant; Hudson, Tara D.; Tuchmayer, Jeremy B.
Titel	Fostering Meaning, Purpose, and Enduring Commitments to Community Service in College: A Multidimensional Conceptual Model
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 85 (2014) 3, S.312-338 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1353/jhe.2014.0014
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Student Surveys; National Surveys; Structural Equation Models; College Students; Service Learning; Goal Orientation; Citizen Participation; Altruism; Higher Education; Public Service; College Freshmen; Interviews; Telephone Surveys; Measures (Individuals); Predictor Variables; Parent Student Relationship; Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Schülerbefragung; Collegestudent; Service-Learning; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; Studienanfänger; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Messdaten; Prädiktor
Abstract	Using longitudinal data collected as part of the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, this study employed structural equation modeling to examine how multiple dimensions of college students' service participation shape life goals oriented toward meaning, purpose, and citizenship and subsequent service engagement. The findings suggest that life goals and subsequent service participation are a function of students' citizenship predispositions, the intensity and context of service involvement, and, importantly, the benefits that students derive from their service participation. Becoming a more compassionate and socially aware person as a result of service work is positively linked to committing oneself to a meaningful life marked by helping others, civic engagement, and service. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10