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June 11, 2026Journal of Aging & Social Policy

The Relationship of Volunteering to the Psychological Well-Being of Older Adults in a Community-Based Setting: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong

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KMKit ManSCSun-Wah ChanJCJun Chen

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Overview

Longitudinal study assesses volunteering's positive impact on psychological well-being in older adults, suggesting enhanced community care strategies.

Key Points

  • The study aims to investigate the effects of volunteering on the psychological well-being of older adults in Hong Kong's community.
  • Three-wave longitudinal study with assessments at baseline, 3 months, and 8 months.
  • Involved 67 volunteers from the Community Care Team (CCT) program and 108 controls.
  • Measured psychological well-being, prosocialness, self-efficacy, meaning in life, resilience, and loneliness.
  • Volunteers showed significant improvements in psychological well-being compared to controls.
  • Meaning in life mediated the relationship between prosocialness and psychological well-being.
  • Stronger benefits were observed in volunteers with lower resilience or higher loneliness.

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Man et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a4ff180c8f91e7f39cb26https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2026.2680901
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