Development of a scale assessing retired older adults’ attitudes to volunteering

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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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Main Authors:	Dana, Liyuwork, Jongenelis, Michelle, Jackson, B., Newton, R.U., Pettigrew, Simone
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	WILEY 2021
Subjects:	Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Geriatrics & Gerontology Gerontology attitudes factor analysis statistical healthy aging reliability and validity volunteerism factor analysis, statistical Aged Attitude Australia Female Humans Male Psychometrics Retirement Surveys and Questionnaires Volunteers
Online Access:	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140100365 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90988

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