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Does volunteering benefit students’ happiness, social connectedness, and self-efficacy? an interaction with gender

BMC Psychology
Background Volunteering has been found to offer benefits for volunteers, but there is little research on how volunteering could benefit individuals’ happiness, social connectedness, and self-efficacy in the context of Saudi Arabia. Methods This study was
Fatimah Hamdi Alganami, Mogeda El Sayed El Keshky   +1 more
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Religious vs Secular volunteering motivations: A study on European elders

Research on Ageing and Social Policy, 2018
The reality of volunteering is highly complex. This concept is difficult to define and typify because of the great variety of interpretations, motivations, socio-demographic variables and cultural aspects that shape the volunteer profile. This work aims
Antonio Ariza-Montes, Pilar Tirado-Valencia, Vicente Fernández-Rodríguez, Mark Hager   +3 more
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Is volunteering a public health intervention? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the health and survival of volunteers

BMC Public Health, 2013
BackgroundVolunteering has been advocated by the United Nations, and American and European governments as a way to engage people in their local communities and improve social capital, with the potential for public health benefits such as improving ...
C. Jenkinson, A. Dickens, Kerry Jones, J. Thompson‐Coon, Rod S. Taylor, Morwenna Rogers, C. Bambra, I. Lang, S. Richards   +8 more
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Preference variation in volunteering decisions: public goods and private benefits [PDF]

We use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to explain the amount of time invested in volunteering in eight European countries.
Bert WEEMAES, Erik SCHOKKAERT
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Volunteering + Values: A Repair the World Report on Jewish Young Adults [PDF]

, 2011
Presents survey findings on young Jewish adults' commitments to, attitudes toward, and concerns and motivations in volunteering, including views on the links between service and Jewish identity and values.
Fern Chertok, Jim Gerstein, Joshua Tobias, Matthew Boxer, Shirah Rosin   +4 more
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Volunteering for all? Explaining patterns of volunteering and identifying strategies to promote it [PDF]

, 2007
In policy terms in the UK, as elsewhere, volunteering has become increasingly associated with training for the workplace; a view which offers little to individuals ‘beyond’ the labour market because of age, disability or care commitments.
6, P, Baines, S, Hardill, I
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Volunteering in America Research Highlights [PDF]

, 2009
The Corporation for National and Community Service hosts the most comprehensive collection of information on volunteering in the U.S. at its Web site: www.VolunteeringInAmerica.gov.

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THE PARADOX OF COMMITMENT, DUTY AND SATISFACTION: SPORTS VOLUNTEERS

Spormetre Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi
Studies on volunteering conceptually focus on free choice and participation without coercion. However, it is believed that volunteering, including volunteers working in national or international sports organizations, can also carry a sense of obligation.
Batuhan Er
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Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa: Zambia Country Report [PDF]

, 2007
The study documents and analyses civic service and volunteering in Zambia and also identifies formal and informal civic service programmes in ...
Arthur Kalilia, Ndangwa Nyoo, Theresa Wilson   +2 more
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Helping out: a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving [PDF]

This report details the main findings of a national survey of volunteering and charitable giving – termed Helping Out – carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) in partnership with the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) in ...
Butt, S., Cabinet Office, Davis Smith, J., Ellis, P., Low, N.   +4 more
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