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Doing Well By Doing Good Benefits For The Benefactor, Aneka Khilnani
Doing Well By Doing Good Benefits For The Benefactor, Aneka Khilnani
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review
This study seeks to examine if volunteering affects mental and physical health and examine if health behaviors or social participation affect the association between volunteering and perceived mental and physical health.
Method and Data: Using a logistic regression model, data from a cross-sectional study that obtained a statewide representative sample of Texas adults, N=1409, was used to predict an adult’s perceived mental and physical health in relation to volunteering, after controlling for the effects of health behaviors and social participation.
Results: Adults who do not volunteer have an increased odds of reporting poor perceived physical and mental health. After controlling …
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review Spring 2018
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review Spring 2018
Gettysburg Social Sciences Review
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