This study aimed to measure the sociodemographic, economic, physical, psychological, and social characteristics of volunteers and the salient factors of their motivations for voluntary participation. The study employed a cross-sectional design and convenience sampling. Data were collected from 1046 volunteers working in eight non-governmental organizations in the field of child welfare. Specifically, a scale with ten factors of volunteer motivation was used to predict volunteer motivation within structural equation modeling. Questions were also asked to understand the relationship between volunteers' sociodemographic, economic, physical, psychological, and social characteristics and volunteering. The results show that the primary factors of recognition, reactivity, and understanding have the most significant positive effects on volunteer motivation, while social interaction has the least significant effect. Additionally, the diverse characteristics of volunteers were found to be an important source of motivation for them to volunteer. In conclusion, this research extends the existing literature and shed light on the main motivational processes that shape volunteering participation, considering the different characteristics of volunteers. Thus, understanding motivational factors can help to increase volunteer participation in Turkey.

本研究旨在衡量志愿者的社会人口、经济、身体、心理和社会特征以及他们志愿参与动机的显着因素。该研究采用横断面设计和方便抽样。数据收集自 8 个儿童福利领域非政府组织的 1046 名志愿者。具体来说，使用包含十个志愿者动机因素的量表来预测结构方程模型中的志愿者动机。还提出了一些问题，以了解志愿者的社会人口统计、经济、身体、心理和社会特征与志愿服务之间的关系。结果表明，识别、反应和理解这些主要因素对志愿者动机的积极影响最显着，而社会互动的影响最不显着。此外，志愿者的多样化特征也是他们志愿服务的重要动力来源。总之，本研究扩展了现有文献，并考虑到志愿者的不同特征，阐明了塑造志愿服务参与的主要动机过程。因此，了解动机因素有助于增加土耳其的志愿者参与。