Volunteering and Well-Being: Do Self-Esteem, Optimism, and Perceived Control Mediate the Relationship?
Volunteering and Well-Being: Do Self-Esteem, Optimism, and Perceived Control Mediate the Relationship?
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志愿服务和幸福感：自尊、乐观和控制感是否能调节这种关系？
DOI：
10.1080/01488370802162483
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
R. Cummins
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作者：
D. Mellor;Y. Hayashi;L. Firth;M. Stokes;S. Chambers;R. Cummins
志愿者在现代社会中发挥着至关重要的作用，可以促进公共和私营部门的劳动力。虽然可能导致人们志愿服务的因素已经在许多研究中进行了调查，但志愿服务对这些志愿者的幸福做出贡献的方式却知之甚少。通过关注志愿者抑郁缺失的研究表明，自尊和控制感可能是志愿者报告幸福感增加的主要决定因素。这与主观幸福感的内稳态模型一致，该模型认为自尊、乐观和感知控制在环境体验和主观幸福感之间的关系中起缓冲作用。本研究将个人幸福感作为衡量幸福感的一个更积极的指标，进一步探讨了自尊、乐观和感知控制在志愿者状态和幸福感之间的中介作用。作为澳大利亚统一健康项目的一部分，参与者（N = 1219）完成了一项包含97个项目的调查。测量的变量包括个人幸福感、自尊、乐观主义以及一些性格和心理调节因素。分析显示，感知控制和乐观，而不是自尊，调解志愿者状态和个人幸福感之间的关系。
ABSTRACT Volunteers play a vital role in modern societies by boosting the labor force within both the public and private sectors. While the factors that may lead people to volunteer have been investigated in a number of studies, the means by which volunteering contributes to the well-being of such volunteers is poorly understood. It has been suggested through studies that focus on the absence of depression in volunteers that self-esteem and sense of control may be major determinants of the increased well-being reported by volunteers. This is consistent with the homeostatic model of subjective well-being, which proposes that self-esteem, optimism, and perceived control act as buffers that mediate the relationship between environmental experience and subjective well-being (SWB). Using personal well-being as a more positive measure of well-being than absence of depression, this study further explored the possible mediating role of self-esteem, optimism, and perceived control in the relationship between volunteer status and well-being. Participants (N = 1,219) completed a 97-item survey as part of the Australian Unity Wellbeing project. Variables measured included personal well-being, self-esteem, optimism, and a number of personality and psychological adjustment factors. Analyses revealed that perceived control and optimism, but not self-esteem, mediated the relationship between volunteer status and personal well-being.
DOI：
10.1093/geronj/47.5.p300
发表时间：
1992-09-01
期刊：
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY
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作者：
KRAUSE, N;HERZOG, AR;BAKER, E
通讯作者：
BAKER, E