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By Erik Michelsen,  Jonathan F. Zaff, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D.
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Volunteering Community Service Leadership Attention to the News Civics knowledge Positive attitudes toward others Delinquent behaviors  
Social and Emotional Well-Being (click for overall summary)

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies

Participants in a mentoring and community service learning program had increased positive attitudes toward the future and older people

Participants in a community-based service learning program had higher rates of positive attitudes toward the future than youth in the control group





Participants in a school-based civic engagement program had improved attitudes toward working with others

Participants in a service learning program were significantly more accepting of cultural diversity than nonparticipants


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