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ArticleJournal of adolescence2025

Harnessing Youths' Need to Contribute to Societal Challenges: A Naturalistic Experiment.

Lysanne W Te Brinke, Sophie W Sweijen, Eveline A Crone

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Lysanne W Te BrinkeDepartment of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6182-6920
Sophie W SweijenDepartment of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9960-0182
Eveline A CroneDepartment of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7508-6078

Funding

This work is supported by an "innovative ideas" grant of the European Research Council (ERC CoG PROSOCIAL 681632 to E.A.C.) and a 'VENI' grant by the Dutch Research Council (VI.Veni.221G.035 to L.W.B.). This project is also partly funded by the Muller Foundation, a named fund at the Erasmus Trustfonds, and by Convergence | Healthy Start, a program of the Convergence Alliance-Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus Medical Center.
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Abstract

introductionGlobal societal challenges can negatively impact youths' mental health, but also be transformed into opportunities to have a positive impact. However, little is known about harnessing youths' need to contribute to societal challenges.

methodsWe conducted a naturalistic experiment with 139 Dutch adolescents (M

resultsThere was an overall disbalance between adolescents' need to contribute and their perceived opportunities to make valuable contributions before the challenge program. This disbalance was enlarged for adolescents who were more sensitive to social rewards. After the workshops and impact challenge, the disbalance was smaller in the experimental group compared to the control group, and adolescents who participated with a higher challenge intensity, showed a higher need to contribute at T3. These differences were no longer observed at T4.

conclusionsOur findings provide initial evidence for the notion that some adolescents may be more inclined to become "agents of change" than others. By demonstrating that adolescents have a high need to contribute to societal challenges, this study provides important building blocks for research on adolescent mental health in a changing world.

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Adolescent BehaviorAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleNetherlandsSurveys and Questionnairesadolescencecivic engagementinterventionmental healthsocietal contribution

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