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International volunteering by young people has been growing rapidly in Korea. However, few studies, if any, explore the effects of international volunteering on these young people’s sense of empowerment. The aim of this study is to explore 1) whether or not international volunteering has an effect...

International volunteering by young people has been growing rapidly in Korea. However, few studies, if any, explore the effects of international volunteering on these young people’s sense of empowerment. The aim of this study is to explore 1) whether or not international volunteering has an effect on the empowerment of young people who participate in these activities and 2) the socioeconomic and program factors and attributes of these participants which may influence or even cause these empowerment effects. The study made use of a pretest‐posttest survey, using 227 young people (middle school to university‐level students) who had experience of participating in international volunteering programs in Asia and Africa during the summer of 2011. The findings are: 1) participants’ responses in relation to social responsibility and the will to continue to volunteer rose significantly between the pretest and posttest 2) a “positive attitude” during the volunteering period had a significant effect on empowerment when comparing pretests and posttests. This contrasts with domestic studies which found that experience, prior education, as well as the participation process itself (amongst other factors), had significant effects on empowerment, and 3) the younger the ages of the volunteers, the higher the empowerment effects.

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