YOUTH ENGAGEMENT: PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS AND POSITION IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

<p>Data to analyze&nbsp;the social networks and motivations like predictors of social participation. University students (N = 263) estimated in an on-line survey the likelihood of their future engagement in several types of social participation. The students also estimated their possible motivations,&nbsp;and indicated an approximate number of their social contacts&nbsp;already involved in each type of participation. Based on this latter measure we were able to estimate&nbsp;the participants&rsquo; centrality degree in their social networks</p>