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Identifier	Thesis 1974
Author	Martin, Antionette D., 1948-
Title	Community service: Effects of Reflection and Direct Contact on Citizenship
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2008
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	In the recent past there has been a growing concern for the decline in civic and political attitudes long associated with a spirit of citizenship in America (Keeter, Zukin, Andolina, & Jenkins, 2002; Putnam, 2000). A review of the literature suggests that gaining insight into the dynamics of effective characteristics of community service and service-learning programs may be useful in counteracting this trend (Astin, Sax, & Avalos, 1999). Research has suggested that community service leads to greater change in participants when they have direct contact with the beneficiaries of service and when they have the opportunity to reflect on their experiences (Eyler & Giles, 1999). Yet no studies have reported exploring the potential interaction between direct contact and reflection. The present study investigated this potential interaction effect. It was hypothesized that service providers who engaged in more reflection on their service would show a stronger relationship between direct contact and citizenship. The present study used data from an evaluation study of AmeriCorps (Jastrzab et al., 2004). Participants (n = 1,652) drawn from the evaluation dataset were AmeriCorps members who committed to a full year of service, reported having direct contact with service beneficiaries and engaged in varying levels of informal reflection. Citizenship attitudes and behaviors, the outcome measures in the present study, were measured when participants enrolled in AmeriCorps and approximately one year later. The regression analyses found no significant interaction effect between direct contact and reflection. Overall, the results of the regression analyses revealed that direct contact and informal reflection were important predictors of citizenship. The value of informal reflection in particular has practical implications for present and future program design for AmeriCorps, and potentially other non-academic community service programs.
Subject	Service learning -- United States AmeriCorps (U.S.)
Department	Department of Psychology
Advisor	Conway, James
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713734353
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