Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Adolesc. 2012 Jun;35(3):509-20. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.08.012. Epub 2011 Sep 23.
The aim of this study was to explain adolescents' volunteering in terms of their morality and identity and to examine the moderation effect of gender and age in this process. Data were collected among 698 Dutch adolescents aged 12 to 20 (M = 15.19; SD = 1.43). Adolescents' moral reasoning was positively associated with understanding moral issues and thinking about public responsibility towards these issues. In turn, moral understanding, along with being personally committed to act upon moral issues, were positively associated with identity. Extending the number of identity contexts tended to be related to being more likely to volunteer and to more volunteering involvement. Adolescents' identity integration was not related to how likely they were to volunteer, and was negatively related to their volunteering involvement. Clearer effects were found when differentiating between adolescent gender and age groups. Future research could examine this process over time, along with additional factors that may further explain adolescents' volunteering, and examine their age and gender specific effects.
本研究旨在从道德和身份认同的角度解释青少年参与志愿服务的原因，并检验这一过程中性别和年龄的调节作用。研究数据来自于 698 名 12 至 20 岁的荷兰青少年（M=15.19，SD=1.43）。青少年的道德推理与理解道德问题以及思考对这些问题的公共责任呈正相关。反过来，道德理解，以及个人对道德问题的承诺，与身份认同呈正相关。扩展身份认同的情境数量与更有可能参与志愿服务以及更多的志愿服务参与度呈正相关。青少年的身份整合与他们参与志愿服务的可能性无关，而是与他们的志愿服务参与度呈负相关。当区分青少年的性别和年龄组时，会发现更明显的影响。未来的研究可以随着时间的推移，考察这一过程，以及可能进一步解释青少年志愿服务的其他因素，并考察他们的年龄和性别特定影响。
