Combining a life course perspective with recent theorizing on motivationally related agendas for social behavior, this study investigated the purposes, expectations, and outcomes of adult hospice volunteers of varying ages. Specifically, support was found for the hypothesis that younger volunteers tend to be motivated by and to achieve outcomes related to interpersonal relationships, whereas older volunteers tend to be motivated to a greater extent by service or community obligation concerns. Furthermore, in hierarchical regression analyses predicting overall satisfaction, benefits relative to costs, commitment, and changes in self-esteem over 6 months of volunteer service, relationship-related variables demonstrated greater and significant predictive power for younger relative to older volunteers. Service-oriented variables, hypothesized to be more influential in predicting the outcomes of older volunteers, tended to be inconsistently related to these same outcomes. Discussion focuses on the theoretical significance of the findings for contemporary approaches to motivation and research on volunteerism and aging, as well as the practical implications of the results for volunteer recruitment, satisfaction, and retention.

Allen M. Omoto

Mark Snyder

Steven C. Martino

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) emphasizes the publication of outstanding research articles, but also considers literature reviews, criticism, and methodological or theoretical statements spanning the entire range of social psychological issues. The journal will publish basic work in areas of social psychology that can be applied to societal problems, as well as direct application of social psychology to such problems. The journal provides a venue for a broad range of specialty areas, including research on legal and political issues, environmental influences on behavior, organizations, aging, medical and health-related outcomes, sexuality, education and learning, the effects of mass media, gender issues, and population problems.

Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) emphasizes the publication of outstanding research articles while also considering literature reviews, critiques, and methodological or theoretical statements that span the entire range of social psychological issues. The journal publishes foundational work in social psychology that can be applied to societal problems, as well as direct applications of social psychology to such issues. It provides a venue for a broad range of specialty areas, including research on legal and political issues, environmental influences on behavior, organizations, aging, medical and health-related outcomes, sexuality, education and learning, the effects of mass media, gender issues, and population problems.

《Basic and Applied Social Psychology》期刊强调发表优秀的研究文章，同时也考虑文献综述、批评以及涵盖整个社会心理学问题范围的方法论或理论声明。该期刊将发表在社会心理学领域的基础研究，这些研究可以应用于社会问题，以及社会心理学对这些问题的直接应用。期刊为广泛的专业领域提供了一个平台，包括法律和政治问题的研究、环境对行为的影响、组织、老龄化、医疗和健康相关结果、性别问题、教育与学习、大众媒体的影响以及人口问题。

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Volunteerism and the Life Course: Investigating Age-Related Agendas for Action

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