Ho Yuen Wan, You Jin, Fung Helene H
Department of Psychology, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 328 Sino Building, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Psychology, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 323 Sino Building, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Eur J Ageing. 2012 Sep 22;9(4):319-327. doi: 10.1007/s10433-012-0245-5. eCollection 2012 Dec.
Driven by socioemotional selectivity theory, this study examined whether age moderated the associations of volunteering motives with physical and psychological well-being in a sample of Hong Kong Chinese volunteers. Volunteering motives were measured by the volunteer functions inventory. Findings revealed that even after controlling for demographic characteristics and volunteering experience, age was related to higher social and value motives but lower career motives, and moderated the associations of social and protective motives with well-being. The associations of social motives with physical well-being were positive among older volunteers, but were negative among younger- and middle-aged volunteers. While protective motives were positively related to psychological well-being among all the volunteers, such effects were stronger among younger- and middle-aged volunteers than among older volunteers. Findings highlight the role of age in determining the relationship between volunteering motives and well-being.
在社会情感选择性理论的驱动下，本研究考察了年龄是否会调节香港华人志愿者样本中志愿服务动机与身心健康之间的关联。志愿服务动机通过志愿者功能量表进行测量。研究结果显示，即使在控制了人口统计学特征和志愿服务经历之后，年龄与较高的社会和价值动机相关，但与较低的职业动机相关，并且调节了社会和保护动机与幸福感之间的关联。社会动机与身体健康之间的关联在老年志愿者中呈正相关，但在年轻和中年志愿者中呈负相关。虽然保护动机在所有志愿者中都与心理健康呈正相关，但这种影响在年轻和中年志愿者中比在老年志愿者中更强。研究结果突出了年龄在确定志愿服务动机与幸福感之间关系中的作用。
