Prior studies have linked young people's community service to indicators of health, yet little research takes the long view by connecting youth's community service to health in the next decade of life. Using a lifespan developmental lens, this study examined community service over the transition to adulthood and uses change over time in community service to predict indicators of behavioral, physical, and psychological health at ages 35 and 40. Data were taken from Monitoring the Future U.S. national multi‐cohort data spanning ages 18–40 in high school cohorts from 1976 to 1995 for age 40 (N = 4300) and 1976 to 2000 for age 35 (N = 5879). Models estimated a growth curve model for community service from ages 18 to 30 and found that the slope for community service was associated with alcohol use, binge drinking, marijuana use, healthy behaviors, and life satisfaction at ages 35 and 40, with cigarette use at age 35 only, and with self‐esteem and depressive symptoms at age 40 only. Less decline in community service over the transition to adulthood was associated with lower substance use, more healthy behaviors, and higher psychological well‐being in adulthood. This study contributes evidence that community service and health are linked across the lifespan and suggests the value of examining the long‐term implications of developmental change across adolescence and the transition to adulthood.

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成年过渡期间社区服务对成年健康的贡献

先前的研究已将年轻人的社区服务与健康指标联系起来，但很少有研究从长远角度将年轻人的社区服务与未来十年的健康联系起来。本研究使用寿命发展视角，考察了向成年过渡的社区服务，并利用社区服务随时间的变化来预测 35 岁和 40 岁的行为、身体和心理健康指标。数据取自“监测未来”美国国民1976 年至 1995 年 40 岁高中群体中 18-40 岁的多队列数据（N=4300）和1976年至2000年35岁（N=第5879章）模型估计了 18 至 30 岁社区服务的增长曲线模型，发现社区服务的斜率与 35 岁和 40 岁的饮酒、酗酒、吸食大麻、健康行为和生活满意度相关，而吸烟则与 35 岁和 40 岁的吸烟有关。 35岁才出现，40岁才出现自尊和抑郁症状。向成年期过渡期间社区服务下降较少与成年期物质使用量减少、行为更健康和心理健康状况更高有关。这项研究提供了证据，表明社区服务和健康在整个生命周期中都是相互联系的，并表明研究青春期和成年过渡期间发育变化的长期影响的价值。