TY - JOUR
T1 - A habit of social action
T2 - Understanding the factors associated with adolescents who have made a habit of helping others
AU - Taylor-Collins, Emma
AU - Harrison, Tom
AU - Thoma, Stephen
AU - Moller, Francisco
PY - 2018/11/27
Y1 - 2018/11/27
N2 - Youth social action – activities such as volunteering, campaigning, and fundraising – has gained traction in the UK and internationally in recent years as governments have supported initiatives to encourage adolescents to develop a ‘habit’ of social action. However, there is not convincing evidence on what a habit of social action is. This study involved a questionnaire with 4,518 16-20 year olds in the UK and finds that moral and civic virtue identity, perceived behavioural control, goal direction, and subjective norms are related to a habit of youth social action. A key contribution of this study is the development of a new measure of virtue identity – the Virtue Identity Measure – to which we pay particular attention in this article.
AB - Youth social action – activities such as volunteering, campaigning, and fundraising – has gained traction in the UK and internationally in recent years as governments have supported initiatives to encourage adolescents to develop a ‘habit’ of social action. However, there is not convincing evidence on what a habit of social action is. This study involved a questionnaire with 4,518 16-20 year olds in the UK and finds that moral and civic virtue identity, perceived behavioural control, goal direction, and subjective norms are related to a habit of youth social action. A key contribution of this study is the development of a new measure of virtue identity – the Virtue Identity Measure – to which we pay particular attention in this article.
KW - Habit
KW - Virtue identity
KW - Adolescents
KW - Youth social action
KW - Volunteering
U2 - 10.1007/s11266-018-00070-8
DO - 10.1007/s11266-018-00070-8
M3 - Article
SN - 0957-8765
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Voluntas
JF - Voluntas
ER -