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Attitude towards technology, social media usage and grade‐point average as predictors of global citizenship identification in Filipino University Students
Author(s) -
Lee Romeo B.,
Baring Rito,
Maria Madelene Sta,
Reysen Stephen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12200
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , global citizenship , psychology , normative , social psychology , citizenship , social identity theory , identity (music) , identification (biology) , perception , point (geometry) , social responsibility , public relations , social group , political science , physics , botany , geometry , mathematics , neuroscience , politics , acoustics , law , biology
We examine the influence of a positive attitude towards technology, number of social media network memberships and grade‐point average (GPA) on global citizenship identification antecedents and outcomes. Students ( N = 3628) at a university in the Philippines completed a survey assessing the above constructs. The results showed that attitude towards technology, number of social network site memberships and GPA‐predicted global citizenship identification, and subsequent prosocial outcomes (e.g. intergroup helping, responsibility to act for the betterment of the world), through the perception that valued others prescribe a global citizen identity (normative environment) and perceived knowledge of the world and felt interconnectedness with others (global awareness). The results highlight the associations between technology and academic performance with a global identity and associated values.