Predictors of Volunteer Status in a Retirement Community
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In the present study, actual volunteers, latent volunteers, conditional volunteers, and definite nonvolunteers living in a retirement community are compared on social-structural, role, environmental, resource, lifestyle, and individual difference variables. Three functions emerged from the discriminant analysis. Actual volunteers attend church frequently, are free of activity limitations due to health, have volunteered previously, and belong to several clubs and organizations. Latent volunteers engage in informal religious behaviors, attend church about once a month, are about seventy years old (i.e., they are younger than the other groups), and are very satisfied with their neighborhood. Conditional volunteers engage infrequently in informal religious behavior, have no instrumental activity limitations due to health, did not attend college, have very high neighborhood satisfaction, and are seventy-four years old (i.e., older than latent volunteers and actual volunteers). Implications for recruiting latent and conditional volunteers are discussed.
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Of the nine best studies on R/S and sense of control, four (44%) reported significant positive relationships, three (33%) reported significant negative relationships, and two reported mixed results.
“Of the nine best studies, four reported significant positive relationships (44%) [101–104] and three report significant negative relationships (33%) [105–107], whereas the two remaining studies reported complex or mixed results (significant positive and negative associations, depending on R/S characteristic).”
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- Authors
- Okun, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Okun, Morris A.
- Venue
- The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-01
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-74
- ISSN
- 0091-4150 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-3535
- OpenAlex
- W2053992753
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Arizona State University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- volunteering, older adults, retirement communities, volunteer recruitment, church attendance, religious behavior, neighborhood satisfaction, age differences
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Educational Status, Employment, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personal Satisfaction, Religion, Retirement, Volunteers
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