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Fostering Meaning, Purpose, and Enduring Commitments to Community Service in College: A Multidimensional Conceptual Model

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  • Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach
  • Tara D. Hudson
  • Jeremy B. Tuchmayer

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Using longitudinal data collected as part of the 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, this study employed structural equation modeling to examine how multiple dimensions of college students' service participation shape life goals oriented toward meaning, purpose, and citizenship and subsequent service engagement. The findings suggest that life goals and subsequent service participation are a function of students' citizenship predispositions, the intensity and context of service involvement, and, importantly, the benefits that students derive from their service participation. Becoming a more compassionate and socially aware person as a result of service work is positively linked to committing oneself to a meaningful life marked by helping others, civic engagement, and service.

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  • Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach & Tara D. Hudson & Jeremy B. Tuchmayer, 2014. "Fostering Meaning, Purpose, and Enduring Commitments to Community Service in College: A Multidimensional Conceptual Model," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 85(3), pages 312-338, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:85:y:2014:i:3:p:312-338
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2014.11777330
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    1. Meiying Guo & Hongrui Liu & Meilin Yao, 2021. "The Confucian Value of Benevolence and Volunteering Among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Functional Motives," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(1), pages 21582440211, March.

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