SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS VOLUNTEERISM

随着志愿者越来越多地参与到照顾生活在 对于艾滋病(PWAS)，了解社会上的 以及这种志愿服务的心理层面。由一名 将志愿服务概念化为持续、持续的帮助行为， 相关的心理学理论正在应用到这个节目中 艾滋病志愿服务研究了解三个主要阶段 志愿服务过程。 第一阶段涉及艾滋病志愿服务的前身，以及 回答了谁自愿以及为什么自愿的问题。第二阶段 考察了志愿者的经历，并重点介绍了 帮助发展志愿者和受益者之间的关系 志愿服务的价值。第三阶段的重点是艾滋病的后果 为志愿者本身、为他们的社会成员提供志愿服务 网络，以及整个社会，包括审查艾滋病的作用 志愿者可以在预防艾滋病和影响公众知识方面发挥作用 对艾滋病的认识和认识。 拟议的研究涉及横向和纵向的融合。 目前活跃在艾滋病工作的志愿者的现场调查 以社区为基础的艾滋病志愿者组织。这项研究计划有 不仅有可能增加对持续帮助的理解 行为，也有助于志愿者的最佳利用 社会应对艾滋病的三个主要方面：关心PWAS、艾滋病 预防和公共教育。

With the increasing involvement of volunteers in caring for persons living with AIDS (PWAs), it becomes critically important to understand the social and psychological aspects of this type of volunteerism. Guided by a conceptualization of volunteerism as sustained, ongoing helping behavior, relevant psychological theories are being applied in this program of research on AIDS volunteerism to understand three major stages of the volunteer process. The first stage concerns the antecedents of AIDS volunteerism, and addresses the questions of who volunteers and why. The second stage examines the experiences of volunteers and focuses on features of the helping relationships that develop between volunteers and the beneficiaries of volunteerism. The third stage focuses on the consequences of AIDS volunteerism for the volunteers themselves, for members of their social networks, and for society at large, including examining the roles AIDS volunteers can play in AIDS prevention and in influencing public knowledge about and perceptions of AIDS. The proposed research involves converging cross-sectional and longitudinal field investigations of currently active AIDS volunteers working with community-based AIDS volunteer organizations. This program of research has the potential not only to increase understanding of sustained helping behavior but also to contribute to the optimal utilization of volunteers in three major aspects of society's response to AIDS: caring for PWAS, AIDS prevention, and public education.