年轻人的志愿服务:与后来的健康和福祉结果的复杂关联
Julia S Nakamura1, Renae Wilkinson2, Marisa A Nelson1
1Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
|August 14, 2024
概括
青年志愿者对健康行为和心理社会福祉有好处,但一些志愿者角色可能会带来风险. 需要进一步的研究来了解从志愿服务中促进健康的条件.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 志愿服务是青春期和年轻成年期的常见活动.
- 了解志愿服务对长期健康和福祉的影响至关重要.
- 志愿者模式的变化可能对成年人的结果产生不同的影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查从青春期到年轻成人时期的志愿服务变化与随后的成人健康和福祉之间的关联.
- 确定可能与积极或消极健康结果相关的特定类型的志愿服务.
主要方法:
- 长度队列研究,使用来自国家长度研究青少年到成人健康的数据.
- 参与的美国成年人来自第四波 (2008/2009) 和第五波 (2016-2018).
- 通过回归模型,分析了任何志愿者和9种特定类型,与41种健康和福祉结果对比.
主要成果:
- 在年轻成年期的志愿者与改善的健康行为 (例如,减少过度饮酒) 和心理社会结果 (例如,较低的抑郁症状) 有关.
- 发现与孤独等其他结果存在有限的关联.
- 具体的志愿者角色显示出混合的结果:医院志愿者与更高的胆固醇风险相关,政治俱乐部志愿者与焦虑风险增加.
结论:
- 在年轻成年期的志愿服务通常显示出与健康行为和心理社会福祉的积极关联.
- 某些类型的志愿服务可能与不良健康结果有关,需要进一步调查.
- 需要更多的研究来确定使志愿者促进健康的条件,并减轻潜在的负面影响.
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