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KMID : 1023720150670010197
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2015 Volume.67 No. 1 p.197 ~ p.226
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The Phenomenological Study on the Experience of Long-term Voluntary Activities
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Lee Bal-Hee
Yoon Hyun-Sook
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Abstract
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This study intends to establish the ways to promote voluntary activities to seniors by providing the understanding of the meaning and value of voluntary activities, which were carried out by volunteers in Chuncheon, South Korea. In this study, we conducted several interviews with 11 persons age over 47(5 male, 6 female) who volunteered for more than 7years or over 300 hours. The interviews were carried out through 1-2 hours in depth interviews and phone calls and e-mailing. We analyzed the volunteers`` experience on long-term voluntary activities by Giorgi``s phenomenological analysis. As a result, we found a major theme of experience structure, which is entering a new world of volunteering which changed the priority of their life and enjoying togetherness with them. There were five processes of experience of volunteer activities.：① Starting ② Changing ③Waving ④ Growth ⑤ Expending. Also, there appeared change of volunteers`` identity(visitor, helper, one of them). We found 5 meaning units of volunteer activitie s.：① Simply beginning volunteer work with various reasons. ② Awakening their own power to make individual and social environments better. ③ Learning life lessons and enjoying the joys of learning. ④ Understanding rather than criticizing current social problems. ⑤ Changing values and encountering new identity.
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KEYWORD
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elderly volunteering, long-term volunteer activity, qualitative study
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