Community coherence, collective efficacy and civic engagement in student and youth councils: The mediating effect of community resilience

This study examines relationships between community coherence  and  collective  efficiency,  and  civic  engage-ment, and the role of community resilience within such relationships, as seen in youth council frameworks. The participants included a group of 223 members of youth councils in Israel and a group of 568 non- members, aged 14–18.  The  quantitative  research  tool  comprised  the  Civic Engagement questionnaire; Conjoint Community Resiliency  Assessment  Measure;  Sence  of  Community  Coherence    Questionnaire;    and    Collective    Efficacy    Questionnaire.  Positive  relationships  were  found  be-tween  community  coherence  and  collective  efficiency,  and  civic  engagement  for  both  groups,  yet  community  resilience  was  only  a  mediating  factor  in  this  relation-ship for the non- member group.