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| Motivation, personality and well-being in older volunteers | | Author(s) | Dolores Pushkar, Myrna Reis, Melinda Morros |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 55, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 141-162 |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Attitude ; Personality ; Well being ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The effects of personality traits and motivation to volunteer on well-being are examined in 107 older Canadian participants in their progress through an intervention to increase volunteering (the Senior Volunteer Involvement Project, SWIP). Three groups of volunteers, current, new and former volunteers, participated. Participants were assessed four times on standardised measures of personality, health, motivation and well-being before and after a wait period, after volunteering, and at 1-year follow-up. There were no differences between pre-, post and follow-up well-being. Regression analysis indicated that health, personality traits and motivation predicted well-being at pre-intervention. In contrast, after the intervention, regression analysis indicated that the interaction of higher neuroticism and greater motivation scores predicted lower well-being compared to other volunteers. 1-year follow-ups indicated that personality traits and health predicted well-being, and that higher initial motivation predicted drop-outs, while those continuing to volunteer increased their motivation scores. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030226206 A |
| Classmark | GHH: DP: DK: D:F:5HH: 3J: 7S |
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