Goals and personal resources that contribute to the development and agency attachment of older adult volunteers

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Gillespie, Alayna A ^a   Gottlieb, Benjamin H ^a   Maitland, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

developmental regulation; older adults; optimization; selection; socio emotional selectivity; volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 79957452322     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980810000802     Document Type: Article

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