SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS VOLUNTEERISM

因为志愿者和志愿者组织发挥了关键作用 照顾爱滋病带菌者和爱滋病患者，以及教育 公众对艾滋病毒疾病的了解，了解社会和 这种志愿服务的心理层面。由一名 将志愿服务概念化为展开的三个阶段的过程 随着时间的推移，相关的心理学理论正在被应用和推广 在这个艾滋病志愿服务研究项目中。 志愿进程的第一阶段涉及艾滋病的前驱问题 志愿精神和解决志愿人员招募和培训问题， 包括谁自愿和为什么自愿的问题。第二阶段重点 关于志愿者的经历和帮助关系 在志愿者和PWA之间发展。第三阶段强调 艾滋病志愿服务对志愿者本身的影响 他们的社交网络成员，以及整个社会。 这项研究涉及协调的横断面、纵向和 在现场与艾滋病志愿者一起进行的干预研究， PWA和志愿者社交网络的成员。具体地说， 拟议的研究涉及对全国艾滋病调查数据的分析 一项纵向研究的志愿者和随访分析 为残疾人士协会提供直接服务的义工。此外，还有四个字段 实验将在志愿者过程的每个阶段测试假设。 这种多层次的方法--在#年审查艾滋病志愿服务 志愿者，志愿服务的接受者，和社会制度--有 有潜力增加对帮助和社会关系的理解 并促进志愿者在关爱中的最佳利用 对于PWAS，预防新的艾滋病毒感染，并增加公共教育 以及对艾滋病的认识。

Because volunteers and volunteer organizations have played critical roles in caring for persons living with HIV and AIDS (PWAs) and in educating the public about HIV disease, it is important to understand the social and psychological aspects of this type of volunteerism. Guided by a conceptualization of volunteerism as a three-stage process that unfolds over time, relevant psychological theories are being applied and extended in this program of research on AIDS volunteerism. The first stage of the volunteer process concerns the antecedents Of AIDS volunteerism and addresses issues of volunteer recruitment and training, including questions of who volunteers and why. The second stage focuses on the experiences of volunteers and the helping relationships that develop between volunteers and PWAs. The third stage emphasizes the consequences of AIDS volunteerism for the volunteers themselves, for members of their social networks, and for society at large. This research involves coordinated cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention studies conducted in field settings with AIDS volunteers, PWAs, and members of volunteers' social networks. Specifically, the proposed research involves analyses of data from a national survey of AIDS volunteers and followup and analyses for a longitudinal study of volunteers providing direct service to PWAs. In addition, four field experiments will test hypotheses at each stage of the volunteer process. This multi-level approach -- examining AIDS volunteerism at the level of volunteers, recipients of volunteerism, and the social system -- has the potential to increase understanding of helping and social relationships and also to contribute to the optimal utilization of volunteers in caring for PWAs, preventing new HIV infections, and increasing public education and awareness of AIDS.