Volunteering and loneliness in older adults: A parallel mediation model
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13607863.2021.1913477" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13607863.2021.1913477</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1913477" target="_blank" >10.1080/13607863.2021.1913477</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Volunteering and loneliness in older adults: A parallel mediation model
Original language description
This study aimed to examine the relationship between participation in volunteer work and loneliness among older adults, and to explore the mediating role of perceived control and perceived social self-efficacy in this association. Method: This study was developed as a secondary data analysis using the data sampled from the 2016 Health and Retirement Study in USA. The sample comprised 9,944 individuals aged between 65 and 107 years (mean = 75.94, SD = 7.70; 59.4% females). Using a multi-item survey questionnaire, frequent participation in volunteer youth work and charity work, loneliness, perceived control, and social self-efficacy were assessed. To examine the mediating effects of perceived control and social self-efficacy on the association between volunteer work and loneliness, the bootstrapping technique was performed. Results: Two forms of volunteer works, namely, volunteer youth work and charity work, significantly predicted perceived control, social self-efficacy, and lower levels of loneliness. Perceived control and social self-efficacy appeared to significantly mediate the relationship between volunteer activities and loneliness. Conclusion: The study’s findings put forward a need to develop policy provisions that facilitate supporting systems and organizations for life-long education and recruitment of older volunteers. Community-based organizations should create and promote volunteer opportunities in older adults, thereby alleviating later-life loneliness
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30227 - Geriatrics and gerontology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Aging & Mental Health
ISSN
1360-7863
e-ISSN
1364-6915
Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1234-1241
UT code for WoS article
000641847600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85104782051