Effects of voluntary memberships and volunteering on alcohol and tobacco use across the life course: Findings from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Pavlova, Maria K.; Lühr, Matthias; Luhmann, Maike

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.013

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“…At the level of interindividual differences, our findings were largely consistent with our earlier results from a German panel study (Pavlova et al, 2019): Individuals who participated in voluntary organizations more (across observations) were less likely to smoke, whereas voluntary memberships in particular were associated with a greater frequency of pub attendance across observations. These associations suggest that individuals with a socially desirable pattern of substance use (no smoking and some social drinking) may self-select into voluntary organizations.…”

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“…In contrast, sizable associations between average patterns of substance use and participation in voluntary organizations across observations emerged, suggesting a self-selection of light and moderate drinkers and nonsmokers into voluntary organizations (cf. Pavlova et al, 2019).…”

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“…In an earlier study (Pavlova et al, 2019), we investigated whether volunteering and voluntary memberships had differential effects on alcohol and tobacco use in different age groups. A multilevel analysis of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) showed that most associations appeared to result from self-selection of individuals who drink moderately and do not smoke into voluntary organizations.…”

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“…However, we expected to find no effects of voluntary memberships on smoking as their potential for social control is much weaker. Furthermore, because of well-known sex differentials in substance use (World Health Organization, 2014, World Health Organization, 2016) and on the basis of our prior SOEP findings (Pavlova et al, 2019), we hypothesized that all above effects would pertain more to men than to women. We tested for age differences but expected to find none, as the only prior evidence was available from our SOEP study, where no significant age differences in longitudinal effects emerged.…”

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“…We tested for age differences but expected to find none, as the only prior evidence was available from our SOEP study, where no significant age differences in longitudinal effects emerged. Finally, because prior evidence in this regard was inconclusive (Ballard et al, 2018; Pavlova et al, 2019), we explored the differences between participation in different types of voluntary organizations without hypotheses.…”

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Does participation in voluntary organizations protect against risky alcohol and tobacco use? Findings from the UK panel data

Pavlova¹,

Lühr

Luhmann

2019

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Drawing on the literature that posits heterogeneous influences of social networks on health behaviors, we tested whether different forms of participation in voluntary organizations predicted more or less alcohol and tobacco consumption over time. (Access preregistration at https://osf.io/guzem/ ) We used panel data from younger (aged 14–29 at baseline), middle-aged (aged 40–50), and older (aged 65–75) UK adults, N s = 1280–9073, followed from 1991 to 2014. Annual measures of smoking included status and intensity. Frequency of pub attendance was assessed biennially between 1996 and 2008. In 2010 and 2013, more precise measures of alcohol consumption were available. We conducted two-level regression analyses for the outcomes measured more than twice and residual change analyses for other outcomes. Over time (within persons), there were no significant effects on smoking. Activity in voluntary organizations predicted slightly less frequent pub attendance in younger adults. In residual change analyses, activity in voluntary organizations decreased last-week ethanol consumption and risk of heavy episodic drinking in younger women. These effects pertained mainly to service-orientated organizations. In middle-aged adults, membership and attendance at meetings of voluntary organizations predicted slightly more frequent pub attendance. Residual change analyses showed volunteering to reduce the risk of heavy episodic drinking in middle-aged men. In older adults, few significant effects emerged. Between persons, all indicators of participation were associated with less smoking, whereas membership was associated with more and activity with less frequent pub attendance. Thus, most associations between participation in voluntary organizations and substance use reflected interindividual differences.

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After school: Volunteering in community emergency services and substance use among Israeli adolescents

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Barak

Shlomi

et al. 2023

Psychology in the Schools

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Volunteering can serve as a protective factor against substance abuse. Yet, it is unclear whether volunteering in specific community organizations, such as emergency services, promotes or protects against substance use. We aimed to (1) describe community volunteering characteristics among adolescents; (2) investigate differences in the prevalence of substance use according to community volunteering type; and (3) determine whether volunteering type was a predictor of substance use. We analyzed data from the 2018–2019 Health Behavior in School‐aged Children survey among Israeli adolescents aged 11–17 years (N = 3972). Most participants (N = 2452; 61.7%) did not volunteer at all, 27.1% (N = 1077) volunteered in youth movements/councils, and 11.2% (N = 443) volunteered in community emergency services. In comparison to the emergency services group, there was a higher volunteering frequency among the youth movements/councils group. Of the three groups (nonvolunteering, volunteering in youth movements/councils, and volunteering in community emergency services), those in the community emergency services group reported a significantly higher prevalence of weekly alcohol use, lifetime cannabis use, and new psychoactive drug use, while no significant between‐group differences were observed in smoking tobacco prevalence. Volunteering in the community emergency services has been linked to substance use, requiring the development of intervention programs by the school staff, before their active volunteering (e.g., guidance on emotional stress and substance abuse). Also, teachers can act as a protective factor for students, and identify emotional distress and anxiety in their students to prevent substance abuse. Furthermore, emergency services workers and instructors should also be aware of the higher risk of substance use among volunteering youth and should be given tools to better collaborate with parents and teachers in dealing with it.

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The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood

Wray‐Lake,

Dunn,

Freund

et al. 2024

J of Research on Adolesc

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Prior studies have linked young people's community service to indicators of health, yet little research takes the long view by connecting youth's community service to health in the next decade of life. Using a lifespan developmental lens, this study examined community service over the transition to adulthood and uses change over time in community service to predict indicators of behavioral, physical, and psychological health at ages 35 and 40. Data were taken from Monitoring the Future U.S. national multi‐cohort data spanning ages 18–40 in high school cohorts from 1976 to 1995 for age 40 (N = 4300) and 1976 to 2000 for age 35 (N = 5879). Models estimated a growth curve model for community service from ages 18 to 30 and found that the slope for community service was associated with alcohol use, binge drinking, marijuana use, healthy behaviors, and life satisfaction at ages 35 and 40, with cigarette use at age 35 only, and with self‐esteem and depressive symptoms at age 40 only. Less decline in community service over the transition to adulthood was associated with lower substance use, more healthy behaviors, and higher psychological well‐being in adulthood. This study contributes evidence that community service and health are linked across the lifespan and suggests the value of examining the long‐term implications of developmental change across adolescence and the transition to adulthood.

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Effects of voluntary memberships and volunteering on alcohol and tobacco use across the life course: Findings from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Does participation in voluntary organizations protect against risky alcohol and tobacco use? Findings from the UK panel data

Does participation in voluntary organizations protect against risky alcohol and tobacco use? Findings from the UK panel data

After school: Volunteering in community emergency services and substance use among Israeli adolescents

The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood

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