TY - JOUR
T1 - Alumni of National Civic Service
T2 - Comparing the experience of at-risk and mainstream volunteers
AU - Zeira, Anat
AU - Tuval-Mashiach, Rivka
AU - Meir, Galit
AU - Levy, Drorit
AU - Refaeli, Tehila
AU - Benbenishty, Rami
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - This article describes the perspectives of alumni of National Civic Service (NCS) in Israel on its impact at the individual level. We compared 250 young women who were identified as youth at risk with 295 mainstream volunteers. Overall, the two groups show similar outcomes that are typical to this developmental stage of life. Yet youth at risk experience more difficulties. While NCS aims at increasing equality between groups, it seems that it is not enough to bridge the gaps between the groups. The findings imply a need for a continued intervention to accompany the at-risk alumni that would leverage the progress made during the NCS period.
AB - This article describes the perspectives of alumni of National Civic Service (NCS) in Israel on its impact at the individual level. We compared 250 young women who were identified as youth at risk with 295 mainstream volunteers. Overall, the two groups show similar outcomes that are typical to this developmental stage of life. Yet youth at risk experience more difficulties. While NCS aims at increasing equality between groups, it seems that it is not enough to bridge the gaps between the groups. The findings imply a need for a continued intervention to accompany the at-risk alumni that would leverage the progress made during the NCS period.
KW - Israel
KW - National Civic Service
KW - transition to adulthood
KW - transition to independent living
KW - youth at risk
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041911904&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0020872817695393
DO - 10.1177/0020872817695393
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AN - SCOPUS:85041911904
SN - 0020-8728
VL - 61
SP - 1027
EP - 1041
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
IS - 6
ER -