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April 24, 2026Journal of the City Planning Institute of JapanOpen Access

The Formation Process of Residents' Intentions to Participate in Volunteer Activities by Volunteers: A Structural Analysis Focusing on Personality Traits and Social Capital

Teruhisa Higuch Shion Watanabe Seiji Hashimoto

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This research aims to clarify how residents' intentions to participate in volunteer activities are formed.
Participants were involved in a volunteer sand preservation activity in Fukuyama, Japan.
Sequential t-tests and hierarchical binary logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the structural process.
The focus was on recognizing community heritage values and their impact on participation intentions.
Recognition of community heritage values has the strongest influence on participation intentions.
Social capital and personality traits mainly contribute indirectly through cognitive and value recognition processes.

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Reveals how social factors and personality influence volunteer participation intentions.

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Higuch et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69eefc6dfede9185760d3741 https://doi.org/10.11361/journalcpij.61.102

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