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The Effects of Youth Facility Use Experience and Participation Activities on Awareness of Youth Policies: Moderated Mediating Effects of Support for Youth Activities

  • 한국청소년활동연구
  • Abbr : SKYA
  • 2022, 8(4), pp.25-41
  • DOI : 10.36697/skya.2022.8.4.25
  • Publisher : Korea Youth Activity Research Association
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Life Sciences > Child Study > Adolescence Science
  • Received : December 1, 2022
  • Accepted : December 27, 2022
  • Published : December 31, 2022

DONGJIN PARK 1

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ABSTRACT

Background: This study began with the need to recognize the importance of youth facility use experience, participation activities, and support for youth activities in order to enhance youth's awareness of policies in youth policy participation, and to seek countermeasures for them. Purpose: This study was conducted with the purpose of examining the mediating effect of participation activities and the moderated mediating effect of the degree of support for youth activities in the relationship between experience of using youth activity facilities and awareness of youth activity policies. Methodology: SPSS 27.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro 4.1 were analyzed using SPSS 27.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro 4.1 for 9,041 adolescents ranging from elementary school students to high school students who participated in the ‘2018 Youth Activity Participation Survey Study’ conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute. Findings: First, it was found that the experience of using youth activity facilities had an effect on the awareness of youth activity policies. Second, it was found that participation activities mediated the relationship between the experience of using youth activity facilities and awareness of youth activity policies. Third, it was found that the degree of support for youth activities moderated the relationship between the experience of using youth activity facilities and participation activities. Fourth, in the relationship between experience of using youth activity facilities and awareness of youth activity policies, it was found that the degree of support for youth activities moderated the mediating effect of participation activities. Conclusions: In order to raise awareness of youth activity policies, it is necessary to actively promote the expansion of youth activity facility use experience, participation activities, and active interest and support from families and local communities for youth activities.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.