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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Personal and institutional factors as determinants of civic engagement among university students.

Yang Lin, Danabekova Aigerim, Saba Ghayas, Misbah Malik, Sadia Niazi

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Yang LinFaculty of Humanities and Foreign Languages, Xi'an University of Technology, Shaanxi, China.
Danabekova AigerimSchool of International Languages, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
Saba GhayasDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Misbah MalikDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Sadia NiaziDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.

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Abstract

Background: The study evaluated the civic engagement model within a specific Pakistani cultural context. This study aims to examine the personal and institutional factors, contributing to civic engagement behaviors. Method: The purposive sample consisted of 307 university students aged between 18 and 26 years from the University of Sargodha. The reliability of all the scales used in this study was above 0.70. Results: The results supported the proposed model, indicating that institutional efficacy and sense of student control significantly contribute to explaining civic engagement that includes advocacy, direct action, and organizational participation. The results provide valuable insights into the relationships among attitudinal factors, civic engagement behaviors, and the influence of gender within our cultural context. The strength of the association between variables is shown by the standardized path coefficients ( Conclusion: The study found that institutional efficacy and student control significantly influence advocacy, direct action, and organizational participation that define civic engagement, thus supporting the existing civic engagement model. The study extended the civic engagement model to incorporate mediation effects and investigated it in a specific cultural setting, which can be very useful for educators, lawmakers, and community organizers.

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advocacycivic engagementdirect actioninstitutional efficacyorganizational participationstudent control

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PMID41426398
PMCPMC12715602

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