Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Human Flourishing Program, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Am J Health Promot. 2025 Jan;39(1):39-51. doi: 10.1177/08901171241273424. Epub 2024 Aug 14.
To investigate whether in volunteering from adolescence to young adulthood are associated with subsequent health and well-being outcomes in adulthood.
Longitudinal cohort study.
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
U.S. adults from Wave IV (2008/2009; N = 12,234) and Wave V (2016-2018; N = 9,971).
Any volunteering and nine types of volunteering (independent variables) and 41 health and well-being outcomes (dependent variables) using an outcome-wide approach with multiple linear-, logistic-, and generalized linear regressions.
Volunteering in young adulthood was associated with better health behaviors (e.g., 34% decreased risk of binge drinking, 95% CI [0.54, 0.81]) and improved psychosocial and civic outcomes (e.g., lower depressive symptoms (β = -0.08, 95% CI [-0.14, -0.02]) in adulthood. Volunteering showed little evidence of associations with other health and well-being outcomes (e.g., loneliness, (β = -0.04, 95% CI [-0.09, 0.01])). Assessing volunteering by organization types showed a range of positive and negative outcomes. For example, volunteering in hospitals/nursing homes was associated with a 36% increased risk of high cholesterol (95% CI [1.06, 1.73]) and volunteering with political clubs was associated with a 52% increased risk of an anxiety diagnosis (95% CI [1.13, 2.05]).
Our findings suggest more work is needed to determine the conditions under which volunteering is health promoting and to minimize potential adverse effects associated with some types of volunteering.
探讨青少年至成年期的志愿服务是否与成年后健康和幸福相关。
纵向队列研究。
青少年至成年健康全国纵向研究。
来自第四波（2008/2009 年；N=12234）和第五波（2016-2018 年；N=9971）的美国成年人。
采用全因分析方法，使用多元线性、逻辑回归和广义线性回归，以任何志愿服务和九种志愿服务类型（自变量）和 41 种健康和幸福结果（因变量）。
成年后的志愿服务与更好的健康行为相关（例如， binge drinking 风险降低 34%，95%CI[0.54，0.81]）和改善心理社会和公民结果（例如，抑郁症状减轻（β=-0.08，95%CI[-0.14，-0.02]）。志愿服务与其他健康和幸福结果几乎没有关联（例如，孤独感，（β=-0.04，95%CI[-0.09，0.01]）。按组织类型评估志愿服务显示出一系列积极和消极的结果。例如，在医院/疗养院的志愿服务与高胆固醇风险增加 36%相关（95%CI[1.06，1.73]），而与政治俱乐部的志愿服务与焦虑诊断风险增加 52%相关（95%CI[1.13，2.05]）。
我们的研究结果表明，需要进一步研究确定志愿服务促进健康的条件，并最大限度地减少与某些类型的志愿服务相关的潜在不利影响。
