Attitude towards technology, social media usage and grade-point average as predictors of global citizenship identification in Filipino university students

• Main Authors: Lee, Romeo B., Baring, Rito V., Sta. Maria, Madelene, Reysen, Stephen
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: World citizenship; Cultural awareness; Social values > Philippines; Social media > Philippines; College students > Philippines—Attitudes; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3383
• Institution: De La Salle University

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. © 2015 International Union of Psychological Science