Volunteering and Subjective Well-Being in Midlife and Older Adults: The Role of Supportive Social Networks
Author(s) -
Pamela D. Pilkington,
Tim D. Windsor,
Dimity A. Crisp
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbr154
Subject(s) - psychology , mediation , social support , life satisfaction , affect (linguistics) , volunteer , social relationship , subjective well being , gerontology , demography , social psychology , medicine , happiness , agronomy , communication , political science , law , biology , sociology
This study examined the extent to which associations between volunteering and subjective well-being (SWB) could be related to volunteers having more supportive social networks relative to nonvolunteers.
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