Volunteering and Psychological Well-Being: Assessing Variations by Gender and Social Context

Krause, Neal; Rainville, Chuck

doi:10.1007/s11089-017-0792-y

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“…Research generally confirms that volunteering contributes to well-being [14,17,27,[78][79][80]. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by explaining the dynamic that builds the psychological resilience of volunteers.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Psychological Resilience of Volunteers in a South African Health Care Context: A Salutogenic Approach and Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

Barnard

Furtak

2020

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Volunteering in non-Western countries, such as South Africa, is subject to poor infrastructure, lack of resources, poverty-stricken conditions and often conducted by volunteers from lower socio-economic spheres of society. Sustaining the well-being of volunteers in this context is essential in ensuring their continued capacity to volunteer. To do so, it is important to understand the psychological resilience of these volunteers and the resistance resources they employ to positively adapt to their challenging work-life circumstances. The aim of this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore volunteers’ psychological resilience from a salutogenic perspective. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight volunteers servicing government-run hospitals. Data were analysed through phenomenological hermeneutical analysis. Findings show a characteristic work-life orientation to be at the root of volunteers’ resilience. Their work-life orientation is based on a distinct inner drive, an other-directedness and a “calling” work orientation. It is proposed that this work-life orientation enables volunteers in this study context, to cope with and positively adapt to challenging work-life circumstances and continue volunteering. The elements of their work-life orientation are presented as intrapersonal strength resources fundamental to their psychological resilience. It is suggested that organisations invest in developmental interventions that endorse and promote these intrapersonal strengths.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Psychological Resilience of Volunteers in a South African Health Care Context: A Salutogenic Approach and Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

Barnard

Furtak

2020

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“…Another finding of this study indicated that psychological well-being levels of participants who perceived their income level as good were higher than those who perceived their income level as medium and low. There are many studies that support this finding (Cenkseven, 2004;Chow, 2007;Krause & Rainville, 2018;Mills et al, 1992;Moe, 2012). Economic difficulties may reduce psychological well-being in men and women working full time (Mills et al, 1992) and as the socioeconomic status increased the psychological well-being also increased (Cenkseven, 2004;Krause & Rainville, 2018).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…There are many studies that support this finding (Cenkseven, 2004;Chow, 2007;Krause & Rainville, 2018;Mills et al, 1992;Moe, 2012). Economic difficulties may reduce psychological well-being in men and women working full time (Mills et al, 1992) and as the socioeconomic status increased the psychological well-being also increased (Cenkseven, 2004;Krause & Rainville, 2018). Chow (2007) demonstrated that participants who had a higher family income and a better physical health, stated a greater level of satisfaction with their relationships with family, friends, and others, displayed a more positive self-image and had less academic stress tended to exhibit a higher level of psychological well-being.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Chow (2007) reported that female students had higher levels of psychological well-being. In their study which was conducted to investigate the impact of volunteering in a church on psychological well-being, Krause and Rainville (2018) demonstrated that women volunteers experience a greater sense of well-being than man volunteers. These findings support the results of the present study.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Unconditional Self-Acceptance and Perfectionistic Cognitions as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

Bingöl

Batık

2018

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Psychological well-being which is an important concept for individual mental health involves maintaining meaningful aims in life, developing quality relationships with others and struggling with life to ensure personal development. Based on the importance of the concept of psychological well-being, in this study, it is aimed to determine the predictors of psychological well-being of prospective teachers who are expected to make a contribution in the healthy development of students. A total of 378 prospective teachers have participated to the study which was conducted according to the general screening model. Path analysis was used in the analysis of the data to test the predictive roles of unconditional self-acceptance, perfectionistic cognitions and perceived income levels of prospective teachers on their psychological well-being level. Results indicated that psychological well-being has a positive significance but low correlation with unconditional self-acceptance and perfectionistic cognitions. In addition, it was found that of unconditional self-acceptance, perfectionistic cognitions and perceived income level accounted for 16% of the total variance of psychological well-being. It was also determined that female participants’ psychological well-being scores were higher than males’ and psychological well-being levels of participants who perceived their income level as good were higher than those perceived their income level as medium and low.

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“…Einolf (2011) shows that the contradiction between the general expectations that women show higher interest in helping others and low gender differences in institutional volunteering can be partially explained by men's better resource access and secular networks, while women are stronger in church volunteering. More recent studies have confirmed that women volunteer more in church but have found no differences in secular settings (Krause & Rainville, 2018).…”

Section: Literature Review Sociodemographic Characteristics Of Volunteersmentioning

confidence: 99%

For the Love of Art? Episodic Volunteering at Cultural Events

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Although episodic volunteering is a popular form of volunteering and has received increasing attention from researchers, the motives and characteristics of episodic volunteers in different industries or types of events remain underresearched, especially in the context of cultural events. This study is based on a sample of more than 2000 episodic volunteers and analyzes demographic characteristics, motives, and volunteer experience of cultural event volunteers by applying between and within analysis. The between analysis compares cultural and social event volunteers and finds that cultural event volunteers show higher time engagement but are more self-serving in their motives. The within analysis emphasizes intrinsic motives over extrinsic motives, leading to the conclusion that saturation of extrinsic motives reduces willingness for future engagements.

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Volunteering and Psychological Well-Being: Assessing Variations by Gender and Social Context

Cited by 16 publications

References 14 publications

Psychological Resilience of Volunteers in a South African Health Care Context: A Salutogenic Approach and Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

Psychological Resilience of Volunteers in a South African Health Care Context: A Salutogenic Approach and Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry

Unconditional Self-Acceptance and Perfectionistic Cognitions as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

For the Love of Art? Episodic Volunteering at Cultural Events

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