Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC

Fiorillo, Damiano; Nappo, Nunzia

doi:10.1080/00346764.2016.1186822

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“…These activities have been suggested to provide older adults with opportunities that promote purpose in life and life satisfaction from (i) the relationships formed, (ii) the pursuit of goals, (iii) maintenance of independence, and (iv) engagement with the community (56,57). These types of activities have also been found to be associated with social support, self-efficacy, and self-rated health (58)(59)(60). Further, participation in meaningful tasks appears to be beneficial in helping individuals adjust to age-related losses such as retirement (i.e., loss of work role) and bereavement (53,55,60).…”

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An Exploratory Study of the Relative Effects of Various Protective Factors on Depressive Symptoms Among Older People

Worrall

Jongenelis

McEvoy

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Front. Public Health

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The present study investigated the relative importance of various factors found to be negatively associated with depressive symptoms in older adults and assessed the potential moderating effect of sociodemographic characteristics for each factor. Method: Depressive symptoms were measured with the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Psychological, social, and physical health measures relating to the following factors were also administered: personal growth, purpose in life, self-esteem, self-efficacy, social support, self-rated health, life satisfaction, and physical activity. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to investigate the most important factors associated with depressive symptoms, and moderation analyses were employed to identify any moderating effects of sociodemographic factors. Results: Life satisfaction, self-esteem, and purpose in life were found to be negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Only one moderating effect was observed-the negative relationship between life satisfaction and depressive symptoms was significantly stronger among the younger respondents. Conclusion: These findings suggest that strategies for the prevention or amelioration of depressive symptoms across subgroups of the senior population could be optimized by focusing on enhancing life satisfaction, self-esteem, and purpose in life.

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An Exploratory Study of the Relative Effects of Various Protective Factors on Depressive Symptoms Among Older People

Worrall

Jongenelis

McEvoy

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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“…From a theoretical viewpoint, voluntary activities may exert beneficial effects on volunteers’ health because the act of volunteering itself provides access to three types of resources: (a) psychological, (b) social, and (c) informational resources (Detollenaere et al, 2017; Fiorillo & Nappo, 2017; Gupta, 2018). All three kinds of resources have generally positive effect on health (Musick & Wilson, 2003), and the possibility of accessing them may represent the reason why people decide to volunteer.…”

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“…Finally, volunteering may be considered as a provider of informational resources. With respect to people who are not part of groups, volunteers have greater opportunities to acquire information about health education, to converse on cultural norms that may be detrimental (such as smoking and drinking) or beneficial (such as sport and proper eating) for health, practicing prevention, and acquiring good habits (Fiorillo & Nappo, 2017).…”

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“…By contrast, Schultz et al (2008) employed the 2006 Social Capital Community Survey Data and religious attendance and tenure in the community as instruments of voluntary activity: They found a positive and statistically significant correlation at 1% with self-reported health. Fiorillo and Nappo (2017) studied the causal relationship between formal volunteering and individual health employing the Income and Living Conditions Survey for the United Kingdom carried out by the EU’s Statistics (UK-SILC) in 2006. Their conclusions indicate the positive effect of formal volunteering on self-perceived health.…”

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Volunteering and Self-Assessed Health Within EU28 Countries: Evidence From the EWCS

Capecchi

Iorio

Nappo

2020

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The effects of voluntary activities on individual well-being have been investigated extensively in the literature. In this study, the relationship between self-assessed health and volunteering is examined from a cross-country perspective by considering respondents’ characteristics and other voluntary liabilities, employing the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey. This data set allows us to explore, by implementing an Ordered Probit model, the association of self-assessed health status with charity activities performed specifically by workers. Among the working population in the European Union, our results show that, although volunteering—as well as other unpaid tasks, such as informal helping—are statistically significant, voluntary activities do not seem to be strongly associated with individual perceived health status.

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“…Informal volunteering can be defined as an "unpaid work carried out directly in favor of someone outside one's home such as helping a neighbor" (Fiorillo & Nappo, 2015), as the free activity through which one offers help to those around him/her (other than his/ her relatives), outside a formal context, such as, for instance, an institution. P. B.…”

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Scârneci-Domnișoru¹,

Șimon²

2019

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Considering the need of engaging elder people from Romania in formal volunteering activities, we tried to understand what volunteering means for the senior citizens of Brasov and to gather valuable information for further strategies to recruit and to retain elders in volunteering activities. We found out what is volunteering for our participants, what are the type of volunteering in their view, who volunteers and why, for whom do people volunteer, what volunteering activity would they like to do, why don't they volunteer and how could elders be convinced to volunteer in their opinion. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and a thematic analysis was performed. By gathering qualitative data, the study managed to capture in depth elements concerning the significances that elders associate to volunteering and to complete the existing statistical data about this topic.

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Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC

Abstract: The paper assesses the causal relationship between formal volunteering and individual health. The econometric analysis employs data provided by the Income and Living Conditions Survey for the

Cited by 11 publications

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An Exploratory Study of the Relative Effects of Various Protective Factors on Depressive Symptoms Among Older People

An Exploratory Study of the Relative Effects of Various Protective Factors on Depressive Symptoms Among Older People

Volunteering and Self-Assessed Health Within EU28 Countries: Evidence From the EWCS

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