The aim of the study was to test variables that explain long-term commitment to volunteering among volunteers in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. Long-term commitment to volunteering was tested by the participants’ evaluation of the stability, consistency, and intensity of their volunteering over time. Two theoretical frameworks served for explaining commitment to volunteering: the social-structural approach and the psychological characteristics approach. The sample was comprised of 504 Jewish participants: 173 men and 331 women. The data were collected via structured questionnaires distributed by nonprofit volunteer organizations. The most significant contribution to explaining long-term commitment to volunteering, in all its forms, was for psychological characteristics reflected in emotions during the pandemic and in the motives for volunteering, the volunteer's gender, level of education, and tendency to volunteer during routine times. Volunteer organizations should focus on cultivating a large and motivated population of volunteers to maintain long-term volunteering during emergencies and in routine times.

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用于解释 COVID-19 志愿者长期志愿服务承诺的多变量模型


该研究的目的是测试解释以色列第一波 COVID-19 大流行期间志愿者长期致力于志愿服务的变量。对志愿服务的长期承诺是通过参与者对其志愿服务随时间的稳定性、一致性和强度的评估来检验的。有两个理论框架用于解释志愿服务的承诺：社会结构方法和心理特征方法。该样本由 504 名犹太参与者组成：其中 173 名男性和 331 名女性。数据是通过非营利志愿者组织分发的结构化调查问卷收集的。对解释各种形式的长期志愿服务最重要的贡献是大流行期间情绪和志愿服务动机、志愿者的性别、教育水平以及日常志愿服务倾向所反映的心理特征。志愿者组织应着力培养一大批有积极性的志愿者队伍，在突发事件和日常情况下保持长期志愿服务。