In this study, 258 volunteers in human services and 104 nonvolunteers were asked to rank in importance 28 motives for volunteering that had been identified in a thorough literature review. According to the literature, most researchers assume that motivation to volunteer (MMV) is a two-or three-dimensional phenomenon, but very few studies have carried out an empirical analysis of the internal dimensionality of MTV. The present findings indicate that when all 28 motives were subjected to various types of factor analysis, most items were grouped together on one factor. In other words, a unidimensional scale was obtained.

Measuring motivation to volunteer in human services.

The current political-economic climate, which is generally supportive of both private and public sector down-sizing, increasingly demands that human service workers assess, engage, and creatively use consumer strengths and resources. This meta-analysis of thirty-seven independent studies provided the means of inferring not only that elder volunteers' sense of well-being seemed to be significantly bolstered through volunteering, but also that such relatively healthy older people represent a significant adjunct resource for meeting some of the service needs of more vulnerable elders, as well as those of other similarly vulnerable groups such as disabled children. Averaging across studies, 85 percent of the "clients" who received service from an older volunteer (e.g., peer-counseling of nursing home residents) scored better on dependent measures (e.g., diminished depression) than the average person in comparison conditions did (U3 = .847 [Cohen, 1988], combined p < .001). The policy implications of such beneficial effects among both older volunteers and the people they serve are discussed.

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The beneficial effects of volunteering for older volunteers and the people they serve: a meta-analysis.

A walking program for wanderers: volunteer training and development of an evening walker's group.

RESUMECet article presente les resultats de trois etudes dont l’objectif etait de construire et de valider un instrument mesurant les motivations sous-jacentes au benevolat, soit l’Echelle de motivation envers l’action benevole (EMAB). L’EMAB est constituee de huit sous-echelles mesurant les motivations suivantes : Motivation Intrinseque Altruiste, Regulation Integree Altruiste, Regulation Identifiee Altruiste, Regulation Introjectee Altruiste, Motivation Intrinseque Egoiste (reliee au plaisir de la connaissance), Regulation Identifiee Egoiste, Regulation Externe Egoiste (reliee a l’acquisition d’une experience pertinente a l’emploi et au prestige social) et Amotivation. Dans l’ensemble, les resultats indiquent que l’EMAB beneficie de niveaux de coherence interne et de stabilite temporelle adequats. En outre, les resultats d’une analyse factorielle confirmatoire corroborent la structure en huit facteurs de l’EMAB. De plus, la validite de construit des diverses sous-echelles de l’EMAB est etayee relativeme...

Construction Et Validation De L’éChelle De Motivation Envers L’action Bénévole (ÉMAB)

1 Although many studies examine the impact of respite care on caregivers, few studies have examined the impact of such programs on the volunteer respite provider Results of such formative evaluation studies must be antecedent to the question of whether respite care "works" 2 Fear of persons with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) was a consistent theme verbalized in this study Educational programs must therefore include more exposure to actual persons with AD 3 Caregivers with some past experience composed the majority of volunteers in this group (n = 78%) Recruiting former caregivers of deceased persons with AD may be fruitful future areas of study

Betty Franklin

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Project OASIS: Volunteer Mental Health Paraprofessionals Serving Nursing Home Residents