The role of higher education and civic involvement in converting young adults’ social responsibility to prosocial behaviorAlfirević, Nikša (Avtor) Arslanagić-Kalajdžić, Maja (Avtor) Lep, Žan (Avtor) educationhigher educationyoung adultsgeneration Zcivic involvementprosocial behaviourThis study investigates the indirect mechanisms relevant to converting young adults’ prosocial attitudes and individual responsibility into their prosocial behavior. Our results are based on a sample of 530 young adults studying at three public regional business schools in South East Europe. They show a signifcant favorable infuence on young adults’ civic and political involvement, mediating the relationship between individual responsibility attitudes and prosocial behavior. However, this would not have been expected based on previous research. Another indirect path between the same variables is modeled using a hypothesized moderated mediation efect. The institutional infuence of higher education proves to be a signifcant mediator of the proposed relationship, moderated by the amount of educational content in the felds of ethics, social and environmental responsibility. At midand-high levels of exposure to relevant educational content, this indirect path signifcantly infuences the developing young adults’ pro-environmental behaviors. The study results are discussed from the viewpoint of peripheral regions with a history of dysfunctional social capital mechanisms.20232025-07-08 09:59:34Neznano22904sl