Volunteerism among older adults in Singapore

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: TAN, Micah, ORTEGA, John Frederic Pedro, Abdullah, Nur Syafiqah, TADAI, Mindy Eiko, NGU, Rachel Wen Yi
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• الموضوعات: Volunteerism; philanthropy; mental health; older adults; Singapore; Asian Studies; Gerontology; Social Psychology and Interaction
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/rosa_reports/8; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=rosa_reports

Volunteerism is recognised as a beneficial activity for individuals for many reasons. Beyond the potential of volunteerism to create new and meaningful communities (Hodge et al., 2013), it offers numerous benefits including improvement to one’s mental health (Willigen, 2000), self-esteem (Russell et...