Can Volunteering Cultivate Non-Cognitive Abilities of College Students?A Causal Analysis Based on Longitudinal Survey Data and a Difference-in-Difference Approach
Based on the theories of"Personality Traits"and"Experiential Learning",several studies have shown that there is a two-way causal relationship between volunteering and college students'non-cognitive abilities.Using follow-up survey data from the College Students Development in Hunan Province,this study employs the difference-in-difference approach to examine the causal relationship between volunteering and non-cognitive abilities,with the aim of revealing whether volunteering screens or cultivates the non-cognitive abilities of college students.The analysis results confirm that volunteering has a screening effect on extraversion and conscientiousness,a cultivating effect on agreeableness,and neither a screening effect nor a cultivating effect on emotional stability and openness.These findings suggest that volunteering primarily selects students'non-cognitive abilities through the personality trait mechanism,and has limited influence in cultivating non-cognitive abilities.This prompts us to re-examine how college volunteering functions as practical education.
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