Students as Volunteers: Personal Competence, Social Diversity, and Participation in Community Service.

Serow, Robert C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ414445

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Students as Volunteers: Personal Competence, Social Diversity, and Participation in Community Service.

Serow, Robert C.; And Others

Urban Education, v25 n2 p157-68 Jul 1990

Examines the contemporary community service movement by using as a theoretical framework recent work on personal competence and voluntary prosocial action. Explores the connections between personal competence and helping behavior in college students. Findings indicate that the relative importance of personal aims is above social concerns. (JS)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, College Students, Competence, Higher Education, Prosocial Behavior, Public Service, Questionnaires, Social Action, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Volunteers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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