Abstract

Unlike organized activities such as sports and arts, civic activities in adolescence (e.g., volunteering, student government) have been less studied in relation to school success and almost all existing evidence consists of cross-sectional findings. In a longitudinal study, 1035 pupils (64% females, 20% nonwhite, M_age = 14.21 years) from high schools reported their engagement in organized non-civic and civic activities during the school year, dimensions of activity participation (e.g., intensity, duration, motives), and covariables (age, gender, ethnicity, SES, self-esteem, parental relationship, school motivation). Previous and end-of-year grade point average (GPA) were collected from school administrations. Results revealed that both civic and non-civic organized activities independently predicted increases in GPA over the school year, even after adjusting for all covariables.

摘要

与体育和艺术等有组织的活动不同，青春期的公民活动（例如，志愿服务、学生会）与学业成功的关系研究较少，几乎所有现有证据都是横断面调查结果。在一项纵向研究中，1035 名学生（64% 为女性，20% 为非白人，M_岁= 14.21 岁）来自高中的学生报告了他们在学年期间参与有组织的非公民和公民活动、活动参与的维度（例如，强度、持续时间、动机）和协变量（年龄、性别、种族、SES、自我自尊、父母关系、学校动机）。以前和年终平均绩点 (GPA) 是从学校行政部门收集的。结果显示，公民和非公民组织的活动独立预测了学年 GPA 的增加，即使在调整所有协变量之后也是如此。