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Program evaluation of "Young at Heart"
— examining elderly volunteers' generativity | | Author(s) | Jean Pearson Scott, Alan Reifman, Miriam Mulsow |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 1, no 3, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 25-34 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Informal care ; Social interaction ; Children ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A programme evaluation study was conducted of "Young at Heart", a Texas (US) programme that places older volunteers in childcare settings. The main constructs evaluated in this research-based article are Erikson's generativity (a motivation to guide younger generations) and life satisfaction. Four groups were compared on these constructs: Young at Heart (YAH) volunteers; Meals on Wheels volunteers; non-volunteers drawn from the general population of one Texas community; and individuals in the same community who volunteered ("miscellaneous volunteers") in a variety of activities. The guiding assumption was that volunteering with children would appear to be a clear expression of generativity. It was hypothesised that YAH volunteers would score highest in it. Contrary to prediction, the miscellaneous volunteers averaged the highest generativity, followed by YAH volunteers. Philosophical and conceptual issues are identified with regard to research on generativity and intergenerational programming. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040302207 A |
| Classmark | GHH: P6: TMA: SBC: 4C: 7T |
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