Abstract

OCAMPO, Diana Betancourt et al. Positive Development in Young People Involved in Volunteering and Its Relation to Mirror Neurons. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.2, pp.77-90. ISSN 0121-5469.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v28n2.72199.

The study analyzed the effect of positive development on contribution in young people and identified the differences between those who have done volunteer work and those who have not. It also studied the activation of the mirror neurons system. Participants were 121 university students, 28.9% male and 71.1% female, with an average age of 21.51. The Positive Youth Development Scale and the Contribution Scale were used, in addition to an instrument made up of two sets of visual stimuli. The results confirmed the effect of the 5 Cs on the contribution dimension and significant differences were found in the character scale and in two dimensions of contribution, in which young people who do volunteer work got higher scores than those who do not. The study confirmed that there was activation in the zone corresponding to the mirror neurons system, which is related to empathetic processes, and concluded that there was a relation between volunteering activities and the positive development of university students.

Keywords : volunteering; positive development; youth; contribution; mirror neurons system.

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