The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China
With improvements in the public awareness regarding volunteer opportunities, more people are participating in social work, particularly during emergency events. The mental health of volunteers has been attracting more academic attention due to its increasing social significance. Drawing on the Theor...
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| description | With improvements in the public awareness regarding volunteer opportunities, more people are participating in social work, particularly during emergency events. The mental health of volunteers has been attracting more academic attention due to its increasing social significance. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior, a qualitative interview was conducted to identify important attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control factors guiding people’s volunteering behaviors in an emergency context. Then, a sequential quantitative survey was implemented based on the results of the qualitative study to explore the impact of the aforementioned factors and job involvement on eudemonic well-being. The moderating role of empathy in these relationships was also investigated in this nested design. The results indicate that behavioral attitudes, perceived control, and job involvement have significant positive effects on volunteers’ eudemonic well-being. A high perspective taking (cognitive empathy) of volunteers positively moderates the relationship between job involvement and eudemonic well-being, while high personal distress (affective empathy) buffers this relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed in relation to emergency volunteer activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7afb34ecfc84146aab43f04534839ac2022-12-22T03:35:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-06-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.903147903147The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in ChinaJuan Tang0Xiao-chen Li1Xi Zhang2Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Macau SAR, ChinaFaculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Macau SAR, ChinaSchool of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaWith improvements in the public awareness regarding volunteer opportunities, more people are participating in social work, particularly during emergency events. The mental health of volunteers has been attracting more academic attention due to its increasing social significance. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior, a qualitative interview was conducted to identify important attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control factors guiding people’s volunteering behaviors in an emergency context. Then, a sequential quantitative survey was implemented based on the results of the qualitative study to explore the impact of the aforementioned factors and job involvement on eudemonic well-being. The moderating role of empathy in these relationships was also investigated in this nested design. The results indicate that behavioral attitudes, perceived control, and job involvement have significant positive effects on volunteers’ eudemonic well-being. A high perspective taking (cognitive empathy) of volunteers positively moderates the relationship between job involvement and eudemonic well-being, while high personal distress (affective empathy) buffers this relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed in relation to emergency volunteer activities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903147/fullpublic health emergencyvolunteereudemonic wellbeingjob involvementempathy |
| spellingShingle | Juan Tang Xiao-chen Li Xi Zhang The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China Frontiers in Psychology public health emergency volunteer eudemonic wellbeing job involvement empathy |
| title | The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China |
| title_full | The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China |
| title_fullStr | The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China |
| title_short | The Eudemonic Wellbeing of Volunteers in a Public Health Emergency: COVID-19 in China |
| title_sort | eudemonic wellbeing of volunteers in a public health emergency covid 19 in china |
| topic | public health emergency volunteer eudemonic wellbeing job involvement empathy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903147/full |
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