Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
Community College National Center for Community Engagement
Abstract
This study examined the impact of service learning immersion trips on vocational identity and coping with stress among college students. Fifty-one students (15 males, 36 females) who participated in immersion trips and 76 students (25 males, 51 females) in a non-immersion control group completed a series of questionnaires directly before and immediately after both fall and spring break immersion trips, and during a four-month follow up. Results suggest that, after returning from an immersion trip, students report a greater ability to cope with stress and a somewhat stronger sense of vocational identity relative to students who do not participate in immersion trips.
Recommended Citation
Mills, Brad A., Richard B. Bersamina, and Thomas G. Plante. "The Impact of College Student Immersion Service Learning Trips on Coping with Stress and Vocational Identity" The Journal for Civic Commitment 9 (2007): 1-8.
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Comments
Copyright © 2007 by authors. Originally published in The Journal of Civic Commitment.