Health benefits of volunteering in the Wisconsin longitudinal study
Health benefits of volunteering in the Wisconsin longitudinal study
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DOI：
10.1177/002214650704800408
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Siegl, Erica
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作者：
Piliavin, Jane Allyn;Siegl, Erica
我们利用威斯康星州纵向研究的全部四波研究了志愿服务对心理健康和自我报告健康的积极影响。证实了之前的研究，志愿服务与这两个结果变量均呈正相关。志愿服务随时间的一致性和参与的多样性都与幸福感和自我报告的健康状况显着相关。志愿服务与心理健康的关系受到社会融合程度的调节，因此那些融入程度较低的人受益最多。重要似乎调解了志愿服务和福祉之间的联系。对其他形式的社会参与和志愿服务预测因素的控制被用于对 1992 年福祉的分析。我们发现志愿服务对 2004 年心理福祉的影响，控制了 1992 年的福祉，从而为因果效应提供了强有力的证据。
We investigate positive effects of volunteering on psychological well-being and self-reported health using all four waves of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Confirming previous research, volunteering was positively related to both outcome variables. Both consistency of volunteering over time and diversity of participation are significantly related to well-being and self-reported health. The relationship of volunteering to psychological well-being was moderated by level of social integration, such that those who were less well integrated benefited the most. Mattering appears to mediate the link between volunteering and wellbeing. Controls for other forms of social participation and for the predictors of volunteering are employed in analyses of well-being in 1992. We find volunteering effects on psychological well-being in 2004, controlling for 1992 wellbeing, thus providing strong evidence for a causal effect.