An Untapped Resource
An Untapped Resource
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DOI：
10.1177/0899764008319624
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
C. Shannon
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作者：
C. Shannon
关于青年志愿人员的研究忽略了8至12岁的青年志愿人员（年轻青年）。因此，人们对这个年龄段的青年的志愿活动、动机或障碍知之甚少。这项研究对来自加拿大大西洋地区男孩女孩俱乐部的73名年轻人和7名俱乐部执行董事进行了半结构化采访，以探讨年轻人作为志愿者可以做出的贡献，以及他们的经历与年长的青年志愿者有何不同。调查结果表明，年轻人可以参与各种志愿活动。他们参加是因为他们觉得志愿工作很有趣，并享受与志愿工作有关的有形和无形的回报。最大的障碍是其他人对青年作为志愿人员可以做些什么的看法。
Research on youth volunteers has overlooked those between the ages of 8 and 12 (younger youth). As a result, little is known about the volunteer activities, motivations, or barriers of youth this age. This study used semi-structured interviews with 73 younger youth from Boys and Girls Clubs in Atlantic Canada and 7 club executive directors to explore the contributions younger youth can make as volunteers and how their experiences differ from older youth volunteers. The findings indicated that younger youth can engage in a wide range of volunteer activities. They participate because they experience volunteering as fun and enjoy the rewards, both tangible and intangible, associated with volunteering. The most significant barriers are related to perceptions others have related to what younger youth can do as volunteers.