Volunteering in Middle and Later Life: Is Health a Benefit, Barrier or Both?

By Yunqing Li, K. Ferraro. 2006

268 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/701c8f5da68cd21d04ed65fb63804e821977f2ad

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In Health

1. Benjamin Cornwell
2. Erin York Cornwell
3. L. Waite
4. B. Needham
5. C. Coyle
6. E. Dugan
7. Louise C. Hawkley
8. John T. Cacioppo

In Social Psychology

1. L. Waite
2. Benjamin Cornwell
3. C. Coyle
4. E. Dugan

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Benjamin Cornwell
2. L. Waite
3. Erin York Cornwell
4. Toon Meelen
5. Lars Böcker
6. Janet Currie

Citations in the corpus

• Age Trends in Daily Social Contact Patterns (2011, background): “…some health problems—especially functional and cognitive—reduce the likelihood that older adults will be involved in community activities and that they will maintain ties to diverse sets of people who are not connected to each other (B. Cornwell 2009; Li and Ferraro 2006; Thoits and Hewitt 2001).”
• The Social Connectedness of Older Adults: A National Profile (2008, background): “Health may also be crucial to formal volunteering (Ainlay, Singleton, and Swigert 1992; Li and Ferraro 2006; Thoits and Hewitt 2001).”
• Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults (2009, background): “Table 1 summarizes the variables included in our analyses.”
• To Volunteer or Not (2015, background): “Studies regarding the effects of adult children on older adult volunteering are relatively scarce (Foster-Bey, Grimm, & Dietz, 2007; Li & Ferraro, 2006).”