Community Attachment, Religious Participation, and Quality of Life Satisfaction among Adults Involved in Civic Participation

Abstract

Civic participation constitutes a range of activities that strengthen participatory democracy, such as voting, volunteerism, association membership, or political and community activism. Factors associated with civic participation are community attachment, religious participation, and quality of life satisfaction. Using a sample of 55 adults, ages 18 to 92 years, the results indicate that this is an engaged sample group in the volunteer arena with high religious attendance, attachment to their communities, and average satisfaction with their quality of life as outcomes of their civic participation.

Keywords:

• Civic participation
• community attachment
• religious participation
• quality of life satisfaction

Notes

This study was made possible with a grant from the New York Community Trust, Fahs-Beck Fund for Research & Experimentation. The author is thankful to the Trust for their support of this project.

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