志愿服务的中老年人的幸福感:定性网络分析。

IF 2.8 3区 医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
Paula Steinhoff, Lea Ellwardt, Maya Wermeyer
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摘要

目的:社会参与对老年人的健康至关重要。正式的志愿服务可以减少孤独感,并与许多积极的健康结果相关联。老年人的资源有限,无法满足他们的社交和幸福需求。我们采用社会网络定性方法,探讨了促进参与正式志愿服务的中老年人幸福感的因素:在 2022 年至 2023 年期间,我们对德国社会俱乐部的 28 名成员进行了半结构化定性访谈,他们的年龄在 45-80 岁之间(平均年龄为 62 岁)。其中 13 人已退休。八名受访者为女性,二十名为男性。受访者绘制了非结构化的以自我为中心的网络图,其中包括对其福祉有重要影响的个人或组织。受访者利用这些地图对其社交网络进行反思,从而更深入地了解网络动态的变化。我们采用主题分析法对数据进行了分析:我们提出了六个主题:影响幸福感的个人、人际和社会网络特征、自我实现、不可或缺感和未实现的期望。正式的社会参与,特别是通过志愿服务,对幸福感的提高有很大帮助:结论:正式志愿服务有助于成功的角色替代和补偿,尤其是在退休之后。结论:正式的志愿服务有助于成功的角色替代和补偿,尤其是在退休之后,这可以防止老年孤独并增加幸福感。
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Well-being in middle-aged and older adults who volunteer: a qualitative network analysis.

Objective: Social participation is essential for the health of older adults. Formal volunteering can reduce loneliness and is associated with numerous positive health outcomes. Older adults have limited resources to meet their social and well-being needs. We explore factors contributing to the well-being of middle-aged and older adults who engage in formal volunteering using a qualitative social network approach.

Methods: Between 2022 and 2023, qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 members of social clubs in Germany, aged 45-80 (mean age 62 years). Thirteen participants were retired. Eight interviewees were female and twenty were male. Participants created unstructured egocentric network maps of individuals or organisations important to their well-being. Participants reflected on their social networks using these maps, which allowed for deeper insights into changing network dynamics. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.

Results: We developed six themes: intrapersonal, interpersonal and social network characteristics affecting well-being, self-fulfilment, feeling indispensable and unfulfilled expectations. Formal social participation, particularly through volunteering, contributed significantly to the well-being.

Conclusion: Formal volunteering can aid successful role substitution and compensation, especially after retirement. This may prevent loneliness and increase well-being in older age.

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Aging & Mental Health
Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
7.00
自引率
2.90%
发文量
176
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.
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