A Randomized Controlled Trial to Promote Volunteering in Older Adults

被引：18

作者：

Warner, Lisa M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Wolff, Julia K. ^{[1
]}

Ziegelmann, Jochen P. ^{[1
]}

Wurm, Susanne ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] German Ctr Gerontol, Berlin, Germany

[2] Free Univ Berlin, Dept Hlth Psychol, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

[3] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Psychogerontol, Berlin, Germany

来源：

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING | 2014年 / 29卷 / 04期

关键词：

volunteering; older adults; theory-based social-cognitive intervention; randomized controlled trial; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY INDEX; HEALTH; RISK; INTERVENTION; MORTALITY; BEHAVIOR; PEOPLE; METAANALYSIS; BENEFITS;

D O I：

10.1037/a0036486

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Volunteering is presumed to confer health benefits, but interventions to encourage older adults to volunteer are sparse. Therefore, a randomized controlled trial with 280 community-dwelling older German adults was conducted to test the effects of a theory-based social-cognitive intervention against a passive waiting-list control group and an active control intervention designed to motivate physical activity. Self-reports of weekly volunteering minutes were assessed at baseline (5 weeks before the intervention) as well as 2 and 6 weeks after the intervention. Participants in the treatment group increased their weekly volunteering minutes to a greater extent than participants in the control groups 6 weeks after the intervention. We conclude that a single, face-to-face group session can increase volunteering among older community-dwelling adults. However, the effects need some time to unfold because changes in volunteering were not apparent 2 weeks after the intervention.

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页码：757 / 763

页数：7