The purpose of this study is to look into how adolescence voluntary activities affect on their personality development depend on their adolescence voluntary activities sphere. Especially, this study focus on researching specific features of personali...
The purpose of this study is to look into how adolescence voluntary activities affect on their personality development depend on their adolescence voluntary activities sphere. Especially, this study focus on researching specific features of personality, self-identity, altruism and social responsibility according to the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development offering program. And it aims to offer information to revitalize of the adolescence voluntary activities and programs.
This study uses questionnaire to a middle school, a academic high school, and a artistic high school in Anyang city. The respondents from middle school are vary from first to third grade and respondents from high school are vary from first to second grade. Except unfaithful responses, only 522 responds are used in this study.
Descriptive statical analysis by SPSS(ver. 19.0), correlation analysis, ANOVA, regression anlysis are applied methods for the result.
In the result of the study, by looking at sphere of the adolescence voluntary activities, they mostly participated in offering their labor force.
To examine the development of personality, this study researches specific features of personality such as self-identity, altruism and social responsibility. First of all, about self-identity, the third question 'I have true friends' is chosen mostly by 51.4% respondents. It tells that adolescence can build firm self-identity from the voluntary activities because keen relationship with peers is more important to adolescence than other ages.
Next, about altruism, the seventh question 'While using public transportation, I will offer my seat to the elderly and the infirm even though I am tired.' is answered mostly by 39% respondents say 'I may be going to.' According to this results, we can learn that concern to the elderly is in the first place.
Third, about social responsibility, the most large proportion of the respondents, 36% students chose second question 'It is necessary to know social issues around us.' Through adolescence voluntary activities, they learn social responsibility to neglected social classes.
According to the sphere of adolescence voluntary activities, consolatory activities affect mostly to the personality development of adolescence than other spheres such as offering labor forces and preserving community·environment facilities.
Specifically, consolatory activities, offering labor forces and preserving community·environment facilities have no different effects on developing self-identity. However, consolatory activities have great influence on altruism while offering labor forces and preserving community·environment facilities have little influence. Also, consolatory activities highly affect social responsibility unlike other spheres.
In conclusion, this study suggests below to form practical systems and policies to develop personality of adolescence by their voluntary activities.
Above all, it is necessary to give many options to adolescence, so they can choose suitable program for each of them. The most adolescence participate on offering simple labor forces by this time, however offering simple labor forces has little effect.
Next to this, encouragement to make real friends while adolescence voluntary activities is important because the most respondents answer the question 'I have true friends.'
And then, induce adolescence to participate on developing altruism programs because most of them choose 'While using public transportation, I will offer my seat to the elderly and the infirm even though I am tired.'
Next, expansion of adolescence voluntary activity programs which will promote adolescence's attention on social issues and the neglected social classes because adolescence can learn social responsibility by voluntary activities.
Finally, among the three adolescence voluntary activities; consolatory activities, offering labor forces and preserving community·environment facilities, consolatory activities have great influence on developing personality of adolescence. For that reason, promotion of relating programs are significant.
Therefore to develop personality of adolescence, social welfare centers should start diverse education and train programs for adolescence. Also build networks between social welfare centers and facilities to promote adolescence to participate on more voluntary activities. To strengthen the internal stability of this system, continuous appraisal should be followed.