The Effect of Civic Engagement on Mental Health and Behaviors among Adolescents

Medicine Updates, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 0(0), P. 76 - 92

Published: Jan. 4, 2025

Adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by significant psychological, social, and physical transformations that significantly impact mental health behaviors. Civic engagement, encompassing activities such as volunteering, political participation, environmental behaviors, has been identified vital contributor to adolescent development. This review explores the of civic engagement on adolescents' drawing global literature highlighting regional gaps in understanding. promotes well-being fostering social connections providing sense purpose belonging while reducing symptoms anxiety depression. It also shown mitigate risky including substance abuse, encourage pro-social behaviors life skills Volunteering particular, stand out pathways enhance resilience personal growth. However, certain types activism may pose challenges health. underscores scarcity research among adolescents Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, where socio-political economic barriers limit youth participation. Most existing studies area focus college students leaving gap understanding its their To address this gap, emphasizes need for MENA region explore prevalence forms effects. These insights are crucial designing effective interventions promote empower them active contributors communities.

Language: Английский

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Who Is Taking Actions to Address Climate Change: Prevalence and Correlates of Actions to Address Climate Change in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample of Adults

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(5), P. 1861 - 1861

Published: Feb. 22, 2025

Background: Climate change and sustainability are highly interconnected. Addressing climate requires major social collective action. The current study examined the prevalence of, factors associated with, four activism behaviors in a U.S. nationally representative sample. Methods: Data were derived from Pew Research Center American Trends Panel conducted April 2021 of 13,749 panelists. Key outcomes included (1) attending protest or rally addressing change, (2) volunteering for activity, (3) donating money to an organization focused on (4) contacting elected official urge them address change. Multivariable logistic regression models independent associations with psychosocial demographic variables. Results: A fourth (24.7%) participants reported engagement one more behaviors. Of those who activism, most (54.7%) only engaged activity. In multivariable models, individual significantly all action outcomes. Factors include network communications norms variables, such as encouragement take action, criticism not taking communication frequency. Discussion: This study’s findings indicate that over 41 million adults having donated prior year, 25 volunteered, 26 contacted official. association variables suggests importance training people talk about encourage others engage activism.

Language: Английский

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A new brief scale for social pro-environmental behaviors in adolescents by applying Item Response Theory: The S-PEBS-A

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 102562 - 102562

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Linking Green Transformational Leadership and Employee pro-environmental behavior: The Role of Intention and Work environment

Sustainable Futures, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100336 - 100336

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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