ArticleJournal of youth studies2024
Examining the relationship between civic engagement and mental health in young adults: a systematic review of the literature.
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- The I-ACTED study (investigating action civics training through an experimental design): a cluster randomized controlled trial of a school-based action civics education intervention on adolescent wellbeing.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Exploring the Role of Lived Experience Advocacy in Enhancing Civic Participation among Young People with Mental Ill-Health.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Civic Engagement, Positive Organizational Sentiment, and Health in Baltimore, Maryland.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Profiles of Civic Engagement and Their Association with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Nursing Students in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Voting behavior and mortality risk in older adults: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Network based analysis of student self governance networks and predictive role in civic participation outcomes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Attitudes toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and civic engagement among Spanish university students: the mediational role of flourishing.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Bidirectional Associations Between Civic Engagement, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality in Youth: A Population-Based Study.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
- Can early childhood education cultivate more engaged citizens in midlife? Findings from urban youth of color.Education and urban society · 2025Article
- Contributors to positive mental health among youth: a qualitative study in British Columbia, Canada.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- How environmental perception influence depression and anxiety: the mediating role of social interaction.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Associations between Adolescents' Character Attributes and Civic Actions.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Civic Participation in Early Adulthood and Midlife Well-being in an Inner City Cohort.Journal of adult development · 2024Article
- A Qualitative Investigation of Civic Engagement and Well-Being among Non-College-Bound Young Adults.Youth (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Trajectories of sociopolitical stress during the 2020 United States presidential election season: Associations with psychological well-being, civic action, and social identities.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Article
- Civic engagement and well-being among noncollege young adults: Investigating a mediation model.Journal of community psychology · 2023Article
- Eco-anxiety, climate concern, and fatalistic outlooks: Insights from U.S. crisis text conversations on climate distress.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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Abstract
Researchers have examined civic engagement as a health promotion tool among older adults and adolescents, yet less is known about its mental health implications for young adults. This systematic review identified 53 articles on civic engagement and well-being in young adults. Five key themes emerged: (1) varying associations between type of civic engagement and well-being, (2) duration and frequency of civic behaviors, (3) directionality in the civic-to-well-being pathway, (4) mediation and moderation factors affecting the civic-to-well-being pathway, and (5) civic engagement as a tool for coping with adversity or systemic oppression. Civic engagement demonstrates a heterogeneous relationship to well-being; future research should focus on the explanatory pathways for positive, negative, and null correlations particularly among historically marginalized young adults.
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