The role of higher education and civic involvement in converting young adults' social responsibility to prosocial behavior.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates the indirect mechanisms relevant to converting young adults' prosocial attitudes and individual responsibility into their prosocial behavior. Our results are based on a sample of 530 young adults studying at three public regional business schools in South East Europe. They show a significant favorable influence on young adults' civic and political involvement, mediating the relationship between individual responsibility attitudes and prosocial behavior. However, this would not have been expected based on previous research. Another indirect path between the same variables is modeled using a hypothesized moderated mediation effect. The institutional influence of higher education proves to be a significant mediator of the proposed relationship, moderated by the amount

SUBMITTER: Alfirevic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9924863 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature