Volunteering

J Wilson - Annual review of sociology, 2000 - annualreviews.org
Volunteering is any activity in which time is given freely to benefit another person, group or
cause. Volunteering is part of a cluster of hel** behaviors, entailing more commitment …

Prosocial behavior: Multilevel perspectives

LA Penner, JF Dovidio, JA Piliavin… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
Current research on prosocial behavior covers a broad and diverse range of phenomena.
We argue that this large research literature can be best organized and understood from a …

Providing social support may be more beneficial than receiving it: Results from a prospective study of mortality

SL Brown, RM Nesse, AD Vinokur… - Psychological …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the relative contributions of giving versus receiving support to longevity
in a sample of older married adults. Baseline indicators of giving and receiving support were …

Values: Reviving a dormant concept

S Hitlin, JA Piliavin - Annu. Rev. Sociol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decades, the concept of values has gone in and out of fashion within
sociology. Relatively recent advances in both the conceptualization and measurement of …