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KMID : 0379220190390010073
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2019 Volume.39 No. 1 p.73 ~ p.92
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A Study on the Mediating Effect of the Sense of Community on the Relationship between Volunteering and Community Capacity among Older Adults: Focused on the Older Participants of the Government-Sponsored Elderly Volunteer Program for Prevention of Depression and Suicide
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Lee Geum-Yong
Kim Jin-Won
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to verify the influence of volunteering on the sense of community and the community capacity, and the mediating effect of the sense of community on the relationship between volunteering variables(the period and satisfaction of volunteering) and the community capacity as well. Study population is 1,416 elderly volunteers who participated in the government-sponsored elderly volunteer program for prevention of depression and suicide in 2016. The results show that the experience of volunteering plays an important role in improving the sense of community and the community capacity among the older participants. As for the analysis of the mediating effect, the sense of community has a perfect mediating effect between the period of volunteering and the community capacity, and a partial mediating effect between volunteering satisfaction and the community capacity. Based on these findings, the theoretical and practical implications were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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elderly volunteer, the sense of community, the community capacity
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