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Additionally, K-means cluster analyses, with repeated-measures MANOVAs, measured civic engagement gains among subgroups based on baseline wellbeing, depression, and loneliness.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The results indicated significant gains in civic engagement attitudes, perceptions, and skills (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03bc<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.13), civic engagement behaviors (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03bc<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.09), and wellbeing (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03bc<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.08). Participants with higher self-reported depressive symptoms and loneliness, in addition to lower levels of self-worth, life satisfaction, meaning, and hope, demonstrated the most pronounced improvements over time.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings suggest organized civic engagement could benefit marginalized minority youth, especially those with moderate psychopathology and low wellbeing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1711399","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,21]],"date-time":"2026-04-21T09:30:31Z","timestamp":1776763831000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Engaging for change: the influence of civic engagement on at-risk Arab minority youth in Israel"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Serene","family":"Dakak-Abed Al Wahad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Creative Arts, Emily Sagol Cats Research Center, University of Haifa","place":["Haifa, Israel"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lana J.","family":"Jeries Loulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem","place":["Jerusalem, Israel"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Limor","family":"Goldner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Creative Arts, Emily Sagol Cats Research Center, University of Haifa","place":["Haifa, Israel"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Galit","family":"Yanay Ventura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Resources, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College","place":["Jezreel Valley, Israel"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"821","DOI":"10.1016\/j.paid.2012.12.004","article-title":"Great expectations: a meta-analytic examination of optimism and hope","volume":"54","author":"Alarcon","year":"2013","journal-title":"Pers. 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