caa a22 4500 606151648 CHVBK 20210128100545.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9481-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9481-y Sense of Community and Empowerment Among Young People: Understanding Pathways from Civic Participation to Social Well-Being [Elektronische Daten] [Elvira Cicognani, Davide Mazzoni, Cinzia Albanesi, Bruna Zani] Civic participation in community life and within community organizations is generally considered as associated with positive outcomes for youth development and well-being. However, supportive empirical evidence on such benefits is still limited, as well as on the processes that may explain such positive outcomes. In this paper, we examined the impact of young people's participation in different community and youth organizations on Social well-being, and the mediating role of Sense of community (SoC) and Empowerment. The sample comprised 835 adolescents and young adults, aged 16-26years old (M=20.8). 414 participants were males (49.6%) and 421 participants were females (50.4%). Results confirm that organizational membership of volunteer, youth, and religious associations significantly enhances Social well-being, both directly and through the mediation of SoC and Empowerment. Membership of leisure and recreational associations only marginally and indirectly affects Social well-being through the mediation of Empowerment. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Sense of community nationallicence Civic participation nationallicence Empowerment nationallicence Social well-being nationallicence Youth nationallicence Cicognani Elvira Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Mazzoni Davide Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Albanesi Cinzia Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut Zani Bruna Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 24-44 0957-8765 26:1<24 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9481-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9481-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cicognani Elvira Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mazzoni Davide Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Albanesi Cinzia Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zani Bruna Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40126, Bologna, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 24-44 0957-8765 26:1<24 2015 26 11266