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A Latent Deprivation Perspective: Mechanisms Linking Volunteering to Mental Health in Later Life
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ( IF 1.926 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-13 , DOI: 10.1177/0091415020959767
Jie Yang 1 , Christina Matz 2
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This study tests the hypothesis that the latent deprivation model (LDM) can be extended to volunteer work, by exploring the extent to which two potential latent benefits of volunteer work—purpose in life and perceived social status—mediate the negative relationship between volunteerism and mental health (measured as depressive symptoms). Structural equation modeling with the full-information maximum likelihood (FIML) was adopted to model a sample of 5887 respondents from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The outcome was depressive symptoms; the independent variable was volunteering; and the mediators were “purpose in life” and “perceived social status.” Findings show that purpose in life and perceived social status partially mediated the relationship between volunteering and depressive symptoms, with purpose in life having a more substantial effect than perceived social status. Implications for future research and practice are also discussed.



中文翻译:

潜在剥夺视角:将志愿服务与晚年心理健康联系起来的机制

本研究通过探索志愿工作的两个潜在潜在好处——生活目的和感知的社会地位——在多大程度上调节志愿服务和精神健康(以抑郁症状衡量)。采用全信息最大似然 (FIML) 结构方程模型对来自健康和退休研究 (HRS) 的 5887 名受访者样本进行建模。结果是抑郁症状;自变量是志愿服务;中介者是“生活的目的”和“感知的社会地位”。研究结果表明,生活目的和感知的社会地位在一定程度上调节了志愿服务和抑郁症状之间的关系,生活的目的比感知的社会地位具有更实质性的影响。还讨论了对未来研究和实践的影响。

更新日期:2020-10-13
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