ArticleEuropean journal of ageing2020
Factors associated with formal volunteering among retirees.
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- The effect of participation in support groups on retirement syndrome in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Trial
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- Volunteer Engagement within Equine Assisted Services.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Factors associated with community volunteering among adults over the age of 50 in Malaysia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Identifying pathways to increased volunteering in older US adults.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Comparative Study on Volunteering among Older Korean Immigrants in the United States and Older Koreans in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Aspects of formal volunteering that contribute to favourable psychological outcomes in older adults.European journal of ageing · 2022Article
- The association of human, social, and cultural capital with prevalent volunteering profiles in late midlife.European journal of ageing · 2022Article
- Associations between paid and unpaid work among Norwegian seniors: competition, complementarity or continuity?European journal of ageing · 2021Article
- Volunteer work among older adults in Denmark, 1997-2017: What can explain the continuous upward trend?European journal of ageing · 2021Article
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Abstract
The present study developed and tested a comprehensive multivariate model designed to assess the relative importance of various factors found or proposed in previous research to be associated with engagement in volunteering among 799 fully retired Australian older adults (62% female; mean age = 71.92 years (SD = 6.69)). Engagement in volunteering in the 12 months preceding the study and a range of sociodemographic, psychological, physical, social, and attitudinal variables were measured. Respondents' perceived personal responsibility to volunteer was found to be especially important in the tested model. This variable was directly associated with engagement in volunteering and acted as an important mediator between the following variables and volunteering engagement: personal growth, social connectedness, religious attendance, self-rated health, and depression. Efforts to increase volunteering engagement among older adults may therefore need to target perceptions of their responsibility to volunteer. Especially important focus areas for future strategies may include increasing social connectedness, facilitating personal growth, and improving self-rated health.
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