Exploring the Effects of Volunteering on the Social, Mental, and Physical Health and Well-being of Volunteers: An Umbrella Review.

IF 2.3 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Voluntas Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1007/s11266-023-00573-z

Beth Nichol, Rob Wilson, Angela Rodrigues, Catherine Haighton

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Abstract

Volunteering provides unique benefits to organisations, recipients, and potentially the volunteers themselves. This umbrella review examined the benefits of volunteering and their potential moderators. Eleven databases were searched for systematic reviews on the social, mental, physical, or general health benefits of volunteering, published up to July 2022. AMSTAR 2 was used to assess quality and overlap of included primary studies was calculated. Twenty-eight reviews were included; participants were mainly older adults based in the USA. Although overlap between reviews was low, quality was generally poor. Benefits were found in all three domains, with reduced mortality and increased functioning exerting the largest effects. Older age, reflection, religious volunteering, and altruistic motivations increased benefits most consistently. Referral of social prescribing clients to volunteering is recommended. Limitations include the need to align results to research conducted after the COVID-19 pandemic. (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42022349703).

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11266-023-00573-z.

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探索志愿服务对志愿者的社会、心理、身体健康和幸福感的影响：一项总括性综述。

志愿服务为组织、接受者以及潜在的志愿者本身提供了独特的好处。这项总括性审查审查了志愿服务的好处及其潜在的调节因素。搜索了11个数据库，以获取截至2022年7月发布的关于志愿服务的社会、心理、身体或一般健康益处的系统综述。AMSTAR 2用于评估质量，并计算纳入的主要研究的重叠。其中包括28项审查；参与者主要是美国的老年人。尽管评论之间的重叠度很低，但质量普遍较差。在所有三个领域都发现了益处，死亡率的降低和功能的增强发挥了最大的作用。老年、反思、宗教志愿服务和利他主义动机使福利增长最为一致。推荐社会处方客户进行志愿服务。局限性包括需要将结果与新冠肺炎大流行后进行的研究相一致。（PROSPERO注册号：CRD42022349703）。补充信息：在线版本包含补充材料，网址为10.1007/s11266-023-00573-z。

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Voluntas SOCIAL ISSUES-

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

16.70%

发文量

107

审稿时长

13 weeks

期刊介绍： The official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research, Voluntas is an interdisciplinary international journal that aims to be the central forum for worldwide research in the area between the state, market, and household sectors. The journal combines full-length articles with shorter research notes (reflecting the latest developments in the field) and book reviews. Voluntas is essential reading for all those engaged in research into the Third Sector (voluntary and nonprofit organizations) including economists, lawyers, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and social and public policy analysts. It aims to present leading-edge academic argument around civil society issues in a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers.