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How Does Community Service Promote Prosocial Behavior? Examining the Role of Agency and Ideology Experience
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Christoph, Gabriela; Gniewosz, Burkhard; Reinders, Heinz – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Prosocial Behavior, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies