Alumni of National Civic Service

Comparing the experience of at-risk and mainstream volunteers

Bibliographic Data

ID9972399
AuthorsAnat Zeira (0000-0001-6406-8301, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, corresponding author), Rivka Tuval-Mashiach (0000-0002-7741-1807, Bar-Ilan University), Galit Meir (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), Drorit Levy (0000-0001-9579-7101, Bar-Ilan University), Tehilia Refaeli (0000-0001-6605-742X, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Rami Benbenishty (0000-0003-4041-9650, Bar-Ilan University)
Year2017
Volume61
Issue6
Pages1027-1041
Publication date2017-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020872817695393
OpenAlexW2597038635
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited27

This article describes the perspectives of alumni of National Civic Service (NCS) in Israel on its impact at the individual level. We compared 250 young women who were identified as youth at risk with 295 mainstream volunteers. Overall, the two groups show similar outcomes that are typical to this developmental stage of life. Yet youth at risk experience more difficulties. While NCS aims at increasing equality between groups, it seems that it is not enough to bridge the gaps between the groups. The findings imply a need for a continued intervention to accompany the at-risk alumni that would leverage the progress made during the NCS period

Business · Civic engagement · Intervention (counseling · Leverage (statistics · Mainstream · National service · Political science · Politics · Service (business · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Law · Marketing · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Gerontology

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