Agency and community orientation and socialparticipation of young people aged 14 to 19 –research report

Edyta Halista-Telus; Iwona Zychowicz

doi:10.16926/eat.2025.14.06

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Published: 2025-12-08

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16926/eat.2025.14.06

Keywords:

agency orientation, community orientation, social participation, responsibility, social action, transaction analysis

Edyta Halista-Telus

Technical University of Koszalin

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9457-9268

Iwona Zychowicz

Technical University of Koszalin

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3379-8461

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the results of research diagnosing the agency and community orientations of young students aged 14 to 19 in relation to the social participation of young people in activities undertaken for the benefit of their communities. The commitment and social activity of members of a given community are one of the factors determining its development (Potoczek, 2001). The presented research results are an attempt to examine the importance of the sense of agency for conscious, responsible engagement in activities and social participation among students of selected secondary schools in a medium-sized city. It was assumed that the dimension of agency (the act of exerting or not exerting) by a person's influence on events can be an important aspect of building one's self-image, one's perception of one's role in the surrounding world, motivation to undertake specific activities, but also understanding and interpreting the world and the phenomena occurring in it. Ultimately, the issue raised seems to be important due to the social consequences of forming or not forming a belief in the possibility of constructing one's own biography, but also a belief in the possibility of influencing the surrounding reality. The results can also be related to Eric Berne's transactional analysis theory, in which the Adult ego state enables conscious, rational assessment of situations and social activity, which may provide a better understanding of the mechanisms of building engagement and social responsibility among young people.

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Author Biographies

Edyta Halista-Telus, Technical University of Koszalin

Assistant at the Department of Pedagogy and Educational Studies at the Koszalin University of Technology. Professional qualifications: sociologist, pedagogical training, sociotherapy and social rehabilitation, numerous courses and training programs. School mediator since 2021, professional mediator since 2022. Educator in peer and school mediation. Research interests: school, peer mediation, children's rights, children's social participation, school violence, sociotherapy for children and adolescents, soft skills. Scientific publications address issues related to family, children, peer mediation, violence, disturbed behavior, sociotherapy, cyberbullying, and prevention of undesirable behavior in children.

Iwona Zychowicz, Technical University of Koszalin

Doctor of Social Sciences in the field of pedagogy. Graduate of postgraduate studies and qualification courses related to education. She specializes in issues related to higher education in the broad sense, socialization in its biographical dimension, prevention of social pathologies, and support for students and their families.

How to Cite

Halista-Telus, E., & Zychowicz, I. (2025). Agency and community orientation and socialparticipation of young people aged 14 to 19 –research report. Educational Transactional Analysis, 14, 99-115. https://doi.org/10.16926/eat.2025.14.06

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