Challenges and psychosocial growth for older volunteers giving intensive humanitarian service

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 550-560

  Piercy, Kathleen W ^a   Cheek, Cheryl ^b   Teemant, Boyd ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Productive aging; Qualitative research Methods; Religion and spirituality; Volunteerism and civic engagement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 80053036698     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr013     Document Type: Article

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