Motives, commitment and volunteering experience amongSpanish university students

  1. Valor Segura, Inmaculada
  2. Rodríguez Bailón, Rosa María
Revista:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 27

Número: 1

Páginas: 147-154

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

La población universitaria es una de las que mayoritariamente participa en el fenómeno del voluntariado. Mediante el diseño de la pre-sente investigación se pretende explorar las variables que explican por qué una persona decide hacerse voluntaria. En este estudio, en el que participa-ron 168 personas, se analizó la influencia de diferentes motivaciones en la intención de llevar a cabo labores de voluntariado, el compromiso que los participantes estarían dispuestos a afrontar y la experiencia anterior de voluntariado. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto la relevancia de diferen-tes motivaciones como el interés humanitario de ayudar a otros para ejer-cer una adecuada labor de voluntariado. A su vez, los participantes otorgan menos importancia a las motivaciones basadas en el incremento de la autoestima que les proporciona el ser voluntarios. Por otra parte, los resul-tados enfatizan la importancia de la experiencia anterior en actividades de voluntariado para garantizar un mayor compromiso con una entidad sin ánimo de lucro.

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