Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering
Objective: Given positive attitudes to volunteering are likely to be associated with support for volunteering and individual participation, this study aimed to develop and test a 10-item ‘attitudes to formal volunteering’ scale for retired older adults that could be used to inform intervention effor...
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| author | Dana, Liyuwork Jongenelis, Michelle Jackson, B. Newton, R.U. Pettigrew, Simone |
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| description | Objective: Given positive attitudes to volunteering are likely to be associated with support for volunteering and individual participation, this study aimed to develop and test a 10-item ‘attitudes to formal volunteering’ scale for retired older adults that could be used to inform intervention efforts. Method: A sample of 801 Australian retirees (62% female; mean age: 71.9 years) completed a survey that included the attitude scale, demographic items and questions assessing engagement in volunteering. Results: A principal component analysis identified two factors (general attitude to volunteering and attitude to participating in volunteering) that together accounted for 64% of the variance in attitude scores. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated the two-factor model was an excellent fit to the data. Cronbach's alphas for both factors were >0.80, and both were positively associated with volunteering engagement. Conclusion: The proposed scale is a potentially useful instrument for measuring attitudes to volunteering among retired older adults. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-909882023-05-16T08:27:38Z Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering Dana, Liyuwork Jongenelis, Michelle Jackson, B. Newton, R.U. Pettigrew, Simone Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geriatrics & Gerontology Gerontology attitudes factor analysis statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism attitudes factor analysis, statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism Aged Attitude Australia Female Humans Male Psychometrics Retirement Surveys and Questionnaires Volunteers Humans Attitude Psychometrics Retirement Aged Australia Female Male Volunteers Surveys and Questionnaires Objective: Given positive attitudes to volunteering are likely to be associated with support for volunteering and individual participation, this study aimed to develop and test a 10-item ‘attitudes to formal volunteering’ scale for retired older adults that could be used to inform intervention efforts. Method: A sample of 801 Australian retirees (62% female; mean age: 71.9 years) completed a survey that included the attitude scale, demographic items and questions assessing engagement in volunteering. Results: A principal component analysis identified two factors (general attitude to volunteering and attitude to participating in volunteering) that together accounted for 64% of the variance in attitude scores. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated the two-factor model was an excellent fit to the data. Cronbach's alphas for both factors were >0.80, and both were positively associated with volunteering engagement. Conclusion: The proposed scale is a potentially useful instrument for measuring attitudes to volunteering among retired older adults. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90988 10.1111/ajag.12907 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140100365 WILEY fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geriatrics & Gerontology Gerontology attitudes factor analysis statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism attitudes factor analysis, statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism Aged Attitude Australia Female Humans Male Psychometrics Retirement Surveys and Questionnaires Volunteers Humans Attitude Psychometrics Retirement Aged Australia Female Male Volunteers Surveys and Questionnaires Dana, Liyuwork Jongenelis, Michelle Jackson, B. Newton, R.U. Pettigrew, Simone Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| title | Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| title_full | Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| title_fullStr | Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| title_short | Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| title_sort | development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geriatrics & Gerontology Gerontology attitudes factor analysis statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism attitudes factor analysis, statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism Aged Attitude Australia Female Humans Male Psychometrics Retirement Surveys and Questionnaires Volunteers Humans Attitude Psychometrics Retirement Aged Australia Female Male Volunteers Surveys and Questionnaires |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140100365 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90988 |