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The Relationship between Volunteer Experience Quality and Adolescent Bullying
North American Journal of Psychology (2012)
  • Melissa Gebbia, Molloy College
  • Martine C Maculaitis
  • Cheryl Camenzuli, Molloy College
Abstract
This study investigated the relationships among students' perceptions of their prior volunteer experiences, current involvement in bullying behaviors, and emotional and social intelligence. A sample of 361 high school students completed questionnaires about the quality of their prior volunteer experiences, as well as the Olweus Bully/Victim, and the BarOn EQi:YV scales. Results indicated that, for the subset of 71 adolescents who evaluated the quality of their middle school volunteer activities, greater perceived quality explained nearly 12% of the variance in self-reported interpersonal relationship skill scores in high school (p = .01). Students who perceived their volunteer activities as having been of higher quality were also less likely to have bullied (p = .032, d = .586), and a causal steps mediation analysis suggested that this relationship was partially driven by their enhanced interpersonal skills
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Publication Date
December, 2012
Citation Information
Melissa Gebbia, Martine C Maculaitis and Cheryl Camenzuli. "The Relationship between Volunteer Experience Quality and Adolescent Bullying" North American Journal of Psychology Vol. 14 Iss. 3 (2012) p. 455 - 470
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cheryl-camenzuli/3/