title: Role-modeling and conversations about giving in the socialization of adolescent charitable giving and volunteering.
abstract: This study investigated the relationship between the monetary giving and volunteering behavior of adolescents and the role-modeling and conversations about giving provided by their parents. The participants are a large nationally-representative sample of 12-18 year-olds from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics' Child Development Supplement (n = 1244). Adolescents reported whether they gave money and whether they volunteered. In a separate interview parents reported whether they talked to their adolescent about giving. In a third interview, parents reported whether they gave money and volunteered. The results show that both role-modeling and conversations about giving are strongly related to adolescents' giving and volunteering. Knowing that both role-modeling and conversation are strongly related to adolescents' giving and volunteering suggests an often over-looked way for practitioners and policy-makers to nurture giving and volunteering among adults: start earlier, during adolescence, by guiding parents in their role-modeling of, and conversations about, charitable giving and volunteering.
authors: Department of Economics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 425 University Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 550 West North Street # 301, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Electronic address: mowilhel@iupui.edu.
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Ottoni-Wilhelm
authors: Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, 201 North Rose Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-1006, USA. Electronic address: destell@indiana.edu.
authors: David B
authors: DB
authors: Estell
authors: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Indianapolis, 1400 East Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA. Electronic address: perduen@uindy.edu.
authors: Neil H
authors: NH
authors: Perdue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D002608:Charities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012067:Religion; D012380:Role; D012951:Socialization; D014838:Volunteers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Charitable giving; Modeling; Positive behavior; Prosocial behavior; Socialization; Volunteering