Civic engagement and mental health
Earlier research indicates that civic engagement relates negatively to poor mental health, and positively to mental well-being, although the evidence has sometimes varied across groups (e.g., gender). Regarding associations with poor mental health, Landstedt et al. (In a study of a nationally representative sample of American students in grades 7 through 12, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, Ballard et al. (Moreover, in a related longitudinal study, using the same American sample as Ballard et al.’ (As for civic engagement’s positive influence on mental well-being, Wray-Lake et al. (Furthermore, in a two-study article by Chan and Mak (