Investigating the relationships between college students' identity development and service learning
Location
MD214, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Start Date
29-5-2015 10:40 AM
End Date
29-5-2015 11:50 AM
Description
Erik Erikson postulated that identity formation is the most important developmental task during adolescence. In the process of identity development, individuals pursued a more confirmed sense of identity through exploring different social roles and attending activities. Service learning has become a very popular approach for helping whole personal development for students. However, there is little attention to discuss the identity development after joining overseas service learning. To evaluate the changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of identity processing styles (including informational, normative, avoidant styles), identity commitment, and identity firmness (including personal, social, image, relational identity firmness) from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above-mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. In summary, joining overseas service learning could help college students toward healthy identity development.
Recommended Citation
Chen, K.-H., Su, Y., Tu, M.-J., Chwo, M.-J., Pan, R.-J., & Shen, R.-S. (2015, May). Investigating the relationships between college students' identity development and service learning. Paper presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning: Love Journey: Community Engagement through Service-Learning, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
Investigating the relationships between college students' identity development and service learning
MD214, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Erik Erikson postulated that identity formation is the most important developmental task during adolescence. In the process of identity development, individuals pursued a more confirmed sense of identity through exploring different social roles and attending activities. Service learning has become a very popular approach for helping whole personal development for students. However, there is little attention to discuss the identity development after joining overseas service learning. To evaluate the changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of identity processing styles (including informational, normative, avoidant styles), identity commitment, and identity firmness (including personal, social, image, relational identity firmness) from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above-mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. In summary, joining overseas service learning could help college students toward healthy identity development.