Motivations for Activity Participation as Predictors of Emerging Adults' Psychological Engagement in Leisure Activities

Ramey, Heather L.; Lawford, Heather L.; Rose‐Krasnor, Linda

doi:10.1080/01490400.2015.1095661

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“…The model fit well (CFI = .978, RMSEA = .040,  2 (30) = 50.034, p = 0.012). Consistent with past research (Ramey, Lawford, & Rose-Krasnor, 2016;, the loadings on the latent psychological engagement factor were all similarly high (.71-.89), although affective engagement had the highest loading. Loadings of competence and confidence onto the PYD latent factor were low, consistent with past research (Geldhof et al, n.d.;.…”

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Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development

Ramey

Lawford

Rose‐Krasnor

2019

JYD

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Youth’s structured (e.g., sports) and unstructured (e.g., socializing) activities are key contexts for positive development. Both behavioral participation (e.g., frequency) and elements of psychological engagement (e.g., enjoyment, challenge) in programs and activities have been linked to components of youth development. We tested a model in which both psychological engagement and behavioral participation in activities predicted overall positive youth development in older adolescent and emerging adult samples (Sample 1, n = 235, mean age = 18.7 years, SD = 1.4 years, 67.7% female; Sample 2, n = 186, mean age = 20.0 years, SD = 2.1 years, 68.8% female). In the first known study to include behavioral participation and multidimensional psychological engagement in predicting the Five Cs of positive youth development, we found that greater psychological engagement, but not behavioral participation, was related to higher positive youth development across samples and different activity types. Findings suggest that promoting youth’s psychological engagement in programs and other activities, rather than just their physical presence, may be advantageous for strengthening positive youth development.

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Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development

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Lawford

Rose‐Krasnor

2019

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“…(Lerner et al., ), establishment of the 5 Cs of positive youth development (caring, connection, confidence, competence, and character) will lead to a 6th C: that is, contributions to self, others, and the greater community. Research that examined motivations for activity engagement, including community service, found that youth were motivated both by reasons related to advancing the self (e.g., gaining skills) as well as helping or being of use to others (Ramey, Lawford & Rose‐Krasnor, ).…”

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Predictors of Early Community Involvement: Advancing the Self and Caring for Others

Lawford

Ramey

2017

American J of Comm Psychol

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Recent research on community involvement points to the importance of both agentic (advancing the self) and communal motives (serving others) as key predictors, though few studies have examined both simultaneously. At the same time, research has identified generativity, defined as concern for future generations as a legacy of the self, as particularly relevant for community involvement. Moreover, generativity involves both agentic and communal motives, meaning that advancing personal goals and caring for others are integrated in this construct. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how individual differences in attributes pertaining to self and to others-specifically, self-esteem, initiative, and empathy-related to both generativity and community involvement. A sample of adolescents (N = 160; 64% female, M = 17) and a sample of young adults (N = 237; 84% female, M = 20) completed a survey including measures of community involvement and generativity. Generative concern fully mediated the associations between individual differences (self-esteem, initiative, and empathy) and community involvement, suggesting that the early generativity has a role in fostering capacities and contribution in youth. These developmental indicators pertaining to self and others link to actions that benefit the community through a desire to benefit future generations.

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“…They also found that psychological participation is considered to be a key factor in the potential interests of emerging adults. Ramey et al (2016) suggested that participation motivation may be particularly important in predicting psychological participation. Greater psychological input was related to leisure participation, which could improve exercise skills and learning ability, thus creating positive attitudes toward leisure participation.…”

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Audience leisure involvement, satisfaction and behavior intention at the Macau Science Center

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Purpose This study aims to analyze the basic information of visitors of the Macau Science Center to assess their leisure involvement, satisfaction and behavioral intention, along with the interaction of these factors. Suggestions are made for museum policy modifications to improve visitor experience quality. Design/methodology/approach The analysis methods used in this study included reliability, descriptive statistics, independent-samples t test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and regression analysis. Findings The results showed that there was no significant relationship between gender and satisfaction, involvement of leisure or behavioral intention; age and educational level had significant impacts on satisfaction, leisure involvement and behavioral intention; significant differences were found in terms of visitors’ point of geographic origin, namely, local residents, mainland residents and Hong Kong residents; occupation was found to have no significant impact on satisfaction, leisure involvement or behavioral intention; monthly income was found to have no significant impact on leisure involvement and behavioral intention, but did have a significant impact on satisfaction; number of visits had no significant impact; there was no significant difference in leisure involvement and behavioral intention among different types of visitors, but there was a significant difference in terms of satisfaction; and significant correlations were found between leisure involvement and behavioral intentions. Originality/value The value of this study is to identify problems and offer potential solutions for the improvement of the Macau Science Center by studying the leisure involvement, satisfaction and behavioral intention of museum visitors. The proposed measures can improve the visibility and quality of the science museum, attract additional visitors and improve Macau’s branding through promoting science education and tourism.

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Motivations for Activity Participation as Predictors of Emerging Adults' Psychological Engagement in Leisure Activities

Cited by 18 publications

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Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development

Psychological Engagement and Behavioral Activity Participation As Predictors of Positive Youth Development

Predictors of Early Community Involvement: Advancing the Self and Caring for Others

Audience leisure involvement, satisfaction and behavior intention at the Macau Science Center

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