TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond universalistic motivations
T2 - Towards an adolescent volunteer functions inventory
AU - Katz, Hagai
AU - Sasson, Uzi
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Yad Hanadiv (Rothschild) Foundation, Jerusalem. This study was approved by the Internal Review Board (IRB) of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.We wish to thank the organisations that opened their doors to us, and the young people who agreed to share their thoughts and experiences with us.You inspire us all.
Publisher Copyright:
© Policy Press 2019
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This article argues that unique psychosocial characteristics of adolescents are overlooked by the Volunteer Functions Inventory and suggests a modified inventory for adolescent volunteers. For this purpose, we studied adolescent volunteer motivations through a mixed-methods approach including focus groups and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. We found a unique composition of volunteer motivations, resulting in an adolescent volunteer motivations scale with five functions: protective, career, enhancement/understanding, values, plus an adolescence-specific function that involves individuation and group identity. The findings from this exploratory study emphasise the importance of context for the understanding of volunteer motivations, and call for further exploration of the uniqueness of adolescent volunteers, including the role of youth subcultures and group identity. Such an understanding has a bearing on the way volunteers should be recruited and retained, as well as how volunteer motivations should be measured.
AB - This article argues that unique psychosocial characteristics of adolescents are overlooked by the Volunteer Functions Inventory and suggests a modified inventory for adolescent volunteers. For this purpose, we studied adolescent volunteer motivations through a mixed-methods approach including focus groups and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. We found a unique composition of volunteer motivations, resulting in an adolescent volunteer motivations scale with five functions: protective, career, enhancement/understanding, values, plus an adolescence-specific function that involves individuation and group identity. The findings from this exploratory study emphasise the importance of context for the understanding of volunteer motivations, and call for further exploration of the uniqueness of adolescent volunteers, including the role of youth subcultures and group identity. Such an understanding has a bearing on the way volunteers should be recruited and retained, as well as how volunteer motivations should be measured.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Psychosocial developmental theory
KW - Volunteer Functions Inventory
KW - Volunteer motivations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076944182&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1332/204080519X15629379320509
DO - 10.1332/204080519X15629379320509
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85076944182
VL - 10
SP - 189
EP - 211
JO - Voluntary Sector Review
JF - Voluntary Sector Review
SN - 2040-8056
IS - 2
ER -