Volunteering and Psychological Well-Being Among Young-Old Adults: How Much Is Too Much? | Zendy

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Volunteering and Psychological Well-Being Among Young-Old Adults: How Much Is Too Much?

Author(s) -

Tim D. Windsor,

Kaarin J. Anstey,

Bryan Rodgers

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/48.1.59

Subject(s) - volunteer , psychology , well being , population , physical activity , path analysis (statistics) , gerontology , psychological well being , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , physical therapy , sociology , statistics , mathematics , agronomy , psychotherapist , biology

Research concerned with the relationship between volunteer activity and psychological well-being has typically reported higher levels of well-being among older adult volunteers relative to nonvolunteers. However, few studies have examined nonlinear associations between frequency of volunteer activity and well-being. We examined nonlinear associations between hours spent volunteering and psychological well-being, controlling for employment status, partner status, physical health, and education. We also investigated associations between different domains of volunteer activity and well-being, along with the possible moderating effects of gender on these relationships.

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