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Personality Accounts for the Connection Between Volunteering and Health

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  • Hannah R. King
  • Joshua J. Jackson
  • Nancy Morrow-Howell
  • Thomas F. Oltmanns

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Objectives. Existing literature has shown that volunteering is related to better physical and mental health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine whether personality traits and volunteering are independent predictors of physical and mental health.

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  • Hannah R. King & Joshua J. Jackson & Nancy Morrow-Howell & Thomas F. Oltmanns, 2015. "Personality Accounts for the Connection Between Volunteering and Health," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 70(5), pages 691-697.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:70:y:2015:i:5:p:691-697.
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    1. Nancy Morrow-Howell, 2010. "Volunteering in Later Life: Research Frontiers," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 65(4), pages 461-469.
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    1. Andrea Principi & Henrike Galenkamp & Roberta Papa & Marco Socci & Bianca Suanet & Andrea Schmidt & Katharine Schulmann & Stella Golinowska & Agnieszka Sowa & Amilcar Moreira & Dorly J. H. Deeg, 2016. "Do predictors of volunteering in older age differ by health status?," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 91-102, June.
    2. Capra, C. Mónica & Jiang, Bing & Su, Yuxin, 2021. "Altruistic self-concept mediates the effects of personality traits on volunteering: Evidence from an online experiment," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 92(C).

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