The phrase "a feeling of participating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the emotional experience or sense of involvement in an activity or event.
Example: "The event was designed to foster a feeling of participating among all attendees, encouraging them to engage fully."
Alternatives: "a sense of involvement" or "an experience of engagement".
But no matter how artificial the activity itself may be, that warm feeling of participating in something together with someone you care about is genuine.
I've still not quite tapped into what makes watching people date or flirt on TV so compelling – is it the feeling of participating in flirting without the jeopardy of rejection?
It is not clear whether the improvements were related to the supportive alliances formed with lifestyle facilitators or whether the effect was mediated by a feeling of false reassurance from participating in the intervention [ 48].
Among the other psychosocial variables only a few contributed to the prediction and included some variables that were assessed in early adolescence, namely, low scores on the internalizing dimension which is just the correlate of the externalizing problems, heightened self-awareness, and a feeling of lacking possibilities to participate at school.
On the other hand, to ask a few children to "sit on the side" while the rest participate may create a feeling of isolation and rejection.
At younger age in early adolescence, negative perceived parenting contributes significantly to PSU whereas with greater autonomy in late adolescence these associations are replaced by deficits in active problem solving as indicated by avoidant coping, a feeling of having a lack of possibilities to participate at school, and peer influences as reflected by high peer acceptance.
The way the math contest system is currently designed, nearly all the participating students end up with a feeling of not having been good enough.
One of the perceived benefits of having participated in the CPD course was a feeling of increased professional status.
The end of the Mubarak era ushered in a feeling of media freedom and liberty, an expectation that government institutions would no longer participate in curtailing coverage.
