Differential Benefits of Volunteering Across the Life Course

By M. V. Willigen. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Serving in College, Flourishing in Adulthood: Does Community Engagement During the College Years Predict Adult Well‐Being? (2010, methodology): “However, this relationship is not perfectly linear; engaging in very high levels of volunteering (relative to moderate levels) does not yield additional benefits and may actually contribute to certain declines in health and psychological well-being (Luoh & Herzog, 2002; Musick et al., 1999; Van Will”
Expanding, Reducing, Concentrating and Diffusing: Post Retirement Leisure Behavior and Life Satisfaction (2007, background): “In a large panel study of volunteer work, Van Willigen (2000) found that older volunteers experienced an increase in life satisfaction as well as positive changes in their perceived health as a result of their volunteering hours and especially with high rates of volunteer work.”
Prosocial spending and well-being: cross-cultural evidence for a psychological universal. (2013, neutral): “A total of 207 students participated: 86 students from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada (Mage = 21.1, SD = 4.6, 74% females) and 121 students from the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa (Mage = 20.2, SD = 2.1, 54% females).”
Virtue is its own reward? Support-giving in the family and loneliness in middle and old age (2008, neutral): “Loneliness is generally defined as a subjective and negative state that occurs when the number or quality of personal relationships falls short of the level desired or expected (De Jong Gierveld 1987; De Jong Gierveld, Van Tilburg and Dykstra 2006; Perlman and Peplau 1981).”
The participation of older Europeans in volunteer work (2006, background): “This suggests that older volunteers are more highly committed than other age groups, and that volunteering is especially useful for older people (cf. Van Willigen 2000).”
Relationships between leisure activity types and well-being in older adults (2018, background): “Volunteering, in particular, has been found to have a more significant meaning for older adults than that for young adults since older volunteers experience higher increases in life satisfaction and perceived health over time than do young volunteers (Van Willigen, 2000).”