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Boling, Anita Louise.

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Volunteer motivations across the lifespan.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Volunteer motivations across the lifespan./
Author:	Boling, Anita Louise.
Description:	193 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: B, page: 5707.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-10B.
Subject:	Psychology, Social. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3192274
ISBN:	9780542372902

Volunteer motivations across the lifespan.
Boling, Anita Louise.

Volunteer motivations across the lifespan. - 193 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-10, Section: B, page: 5707.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Claremont Graduate University, 2006.

This investigation, based on Eriksonian theory, explores whether there are developmental differences in motivations for volunteerism. Developmental challenges are faced by people as they age, which when resolved prepare the individual to cope with subsequent demands (Erikson, 1968). Individuals actively seek opportunities, such as volunteering, to resolve the tension created by these age-related challenges. The developmental challenges of achieving self-identity in adolescence, establishing intimate relationships in young adulthood, behaving generatively in middle adulthood, and experiencing personal integrity in older adulthood are hypothesized to provide the motivation for volunteering.

ISBN: 9780542372902Subjects--Topical Terms:

529430
Psychology, Social.

Volunteer motivations across the lifespan.
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520 $a This investigation, based on Eriksonian theory, explores whether there are developmental differences in motivations for volunteerism. Developmental challenges are faced by people as they age, which when resolved prepare the individual to cope with subsequent demands (Erikson, 1968). Individuals actively seek opportunities, such as volunteering, to resolve the tension created by these age-related challenges. The developmental challenges of achieving self-identity in adolescence, establishing intimate relationships in young adulthood, behaving generatively in middle adulthood, and experiencing personal integrity in older adulthood are hypothesized to provide the motivation for volunteering.
520 $a Two studies using different methodologies were conducted. Study 1 involved analysis of 32 interview transcripts in which elderly retirement community residents talked about their lives. The participants were selected if they had volunteered throughout their lives from adolescence to the present. All excerpts in which volunteerism was discussed were chosen from the transcripts, grouped by life stage, then rated for age-related motivations. Study 2 used a self-report survey to collect data from a cross-section of 191 current volunteers of different ages. The survey included measures of age-related motivations for volunteering, life stages, demographics, and other questions about volunteer work.
520 $a In both studies, ANOVA revealed that motivations differ significantly between age groups. A priori contrasts tested the hypotheses that age-related concerns motivate volunteering. Across studies, results indicate that the age-related motivation for each age group differed significantly from the average of the other age groups. That is, adolescents had greater identity motivation than the average of the other age groups, middle adults had greater generativity motivation to volunteer than the average of the other age groups, and older adults had greater integrity motivation to volunteer than the average of the other age groups. There was less support for the prediction that young adults would have greater intimacy motivation to volunteer than the average of the other age groups.
520 $a Overall, the findings support the prediction that motivations to volunteer differ by life stage, and that those motivations are consistent with Erikson's developmental theory. This investigation contributes to the existing knowledge base regarding volunteerism, volunteer motivation, and Eriksonian theory. Pragmatically, organizations can use the research findings for better recruitment, placement, and retention of volunteers.
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