Getting involved: Testing the effectiveness of a volunteering intervention on young adolescents' future intentions |
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| Authors: | Anne E. Wilson James W. Allen Erin J. Strahan Nicole Ethier |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N3L 3C5;2. University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;3. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Past research has identified a host of benefits associated with volunteering and community involvement, yet involvement appears to be on the decline in recent years. We tested the effectiveness of an intervention designed to encourage involvement. We provided young adolescents with information about volunteer opportunities, benefits and ways to overcome barriers to involvement. Adolescents who participated in the volunteering intervention reported greater involvement intentions than control participants. In addition, mediation analyses indicated that adolescents in the volunteering intervention based their self‐worth to a greater degree on virtuous behaviour, which in turn predicted their involvement intentions, especially in the helping domain. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | volunteerism community involvement adolescence intervention |
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