志愿行为对个人幸福的影响

志愿行为是在组织背景下, 个体经过深思熟虑之后, 自愿对那些主动寻求帮助的对象提供长期且无偿的帮助的行为。志愿行为可通过维持身心健康, 改变应对方式和改善生活状态来促进个体幸福的实现。社会融合说、心理资源说以及换位体验说在一定程度上解释了志愿行为对个体幸福的作用机制。研究者从志愿者的角度就志愿行为对志愿者幸福的影响进行了较为深入的探讨, 而志愿行为对受助者幸福的影响以及个体幸福与志愿行为的互惠作用仍待进一步研究。

Impacts of Volunteering on Well-being

Volunteering involves freely chosen helping activities that extend over time and that are often performed through organizations and on behalf of receptive causes or individuals.Volunteering can promote well-being by means of maintaining physical and mental health,changing coping styles and improving the living conditions.Theories of social integration,psychological resources and perspective-taking thinking explain the mechanism that volunteering acts on well-being to some extent.Some investigates have focus...