SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS VOLUNTEERISM

随着志愿人员越来越多地参与照顾生活在 艾滋病（PWAs），了解艾滋病的社会影响变得至关重要。 和心理方面的问题。 遵循一 将志愿服务概念化为持续不断的帮助行为， 相关的心理学理论被应用在这个项目中， 研究艾滋病志愿服务的三个主要阶段 志愿者过程 第一阶段涉及艾滋病志愿服务的前身， 解决了谁是志愿者以及为什么的问题。 第二阶段 研究志愿者的经验，并侧重于特点， 帮助志愿者和受益人之间建立关系 志愿者精神。 第三阶段着重于艾滋病的后果 志愿服务为志愿者自己，为他们的社会成员 网络和整个社会，包括审查艾滋病 志愿者可以在预防艾滋病和影响公众知识方面发挥作用 关于艾滋病的看法 拟议的研究涉及融合横截面和纵向 对目前活跃的艾滋病志愿者进行实地调查， 社区艾滋病志愿者组织。 这项研究计划 不仅可以增加对持续帮助的理解， 行为，而且有助于最佳利用志愿者， 社会应对艾滋病的三个主要方面：照顾PWAS，艾滋病 预防和公众教育。

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.