Explaining civic engagement: The role of neighborhood ties, place attachment, and civic responsibility. Issue 3 (22nd November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dang, Lisa; Seemann, Ann‐Kathrin; Lindenmeier, Jörg; Saliterer, Iris
• Is Part Of: Journal of community psychology. Volume 50:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 1736
• Page End: 1755
• Publication Date: 2021-11-22
• Subjects: civic engagement -- civic responsibility -- neighborhood friendship -- neighborhood trust -- place attachment; Clinical psychology -- Periodicals; Social psychiatry -- Periodicals; Community Mental Health Services -- Periodicals; 362.2205
• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22751
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0090-4392

Abstract

Abstract: This study examines whether neighborhood ties (comprising neighborhood trust and neighborhood friendship), place attachment, and civic responsibility influence a person's decision to engage in neighborly civic activities. Three personality traits were added to the model as potential moderators: egoism, altruism, and fear of negative evaluation. Using data from a survey of German citizens ( n = 610), the structural equation model adopted revealed that place attachment and civic responsibility (partially) mediate the effect of neighborhood trust (neighborhood friendship) on local civic engagement intention. Furthermore, egoism negatively moderates the relationship between civic responsibility and engagement intention.