Engagement in Community Service among College Students: Is it Affected by Significant Attachment Relationships?.

McKinney, Kathleen G.

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ERIC Number: EJ650094

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Publication Date: 2002

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Engagement in Community Service among College Students: Is it Affected by Significant Attachment Relationships?

McKinney, Kathleen G.

Journal of Adolescence, v25 n2 p139-54 Apr 2002

Study serves as an exploratory analysis of how engagement in community service activities among college students is affected by significant attachment relationships. The findings revealed that students who had some community service experience evidenced more secure attachments to close personal friends while their attachments to parents were varied. (Contains 41 references and 2 tables.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, College Students, Community Services, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Service Learning, Student Participation

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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