SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS VOLUNTEERISM

艾滋病志愿服务的社会和心理方面

• 批准号: 2445501
• 负责人: MARK SNYDER
• 金额: $ 42.17万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2445501
• 关键词: AIDS; AIDS education /prevention; behavioral /social science research tag; human subject; longitudinal human study; social psychology; social support network; volunteer

Because volunteers and volunteer organizations have played critical roles in caring for persons living with HIV and AIDS (PWAs) and in educating the public about HIV disease, it is important to understand the social and psychological aspects of this type of volunteerism. Guided by a conceptualization of volunteerism as a three-stage process that unfolds over time, relevant psychological theories are being applied and extended in this program of research on AIDS volunteerism. The first stage of the volunteer process concerns the antecedents Of AIDS volunteerism and addresses issues of volunteer recruitment and training, including questions of who volunteers and why. The second stage focuses on the experiences of volunteers and the helping relationships that develop between volunteers and PWAs. The third stage emphasizes the consequences of AIDS volunteerism for the volunteers themselves, for members of their social networks, and for society at large. This research involves coordinated cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention studies conducted in field settings with AIDS volunteers, PWAs, and members of volunteers' social networks. Specifically, the proposed research involves analyses of data from a national survey of AIDS volunteers and followup and analyses for a longitudinal study of volunteers providing direct service to PWAs. In addition, four field experiments will test hypotheses at each stage of the volunteer process. This multi-level approach -- examining AIDS volunteerism at the level of volunteers, recipients of volunteerism, and the social system -- has the potential to increase understanding of helping and social relationships and also to contribute to the optimal utilization of volunteers in caring for PWAs, preventing new HIV infections, and increasing public education and awareness of AIDS.

因为志愿者和志愿者组织发挥了关键作用 照顾艾滋病毒感染者和艾滋病患者 (PWA) 以及教育他们 公众对艾滋病毒疾病的认识非常重要，了解社会和 这种志愿服务的心理方面。 由一个 将志愿服务概念化为一个三个阶段的过程 随着时间的推移，相关的心理学理论正在被应用和扩展 在这个关于艾滋病志愿服务的研究计划中。 志愿者过程的第一阶段涉及艾滋病的前因 志愿服务并解决志愿者招募和培训问题， 包括谁是志愿者以及为什么这样做的问题。 第二阶段重点 关于志愿者的经验和帮助关系 志愿者和 PWA 之间的发展。 第三阶段强调 艾滋病志愿服务对志愿者本身、对 其社交网络的成员以及整个社会。 这项研究涉及协调的横截面、纵向和 与艾滋病志愿者一起在现场进行的干预研究， PWA 和志愿者社交网络的成员。 具体来说， 拟议的研究涉及对全国艾滋病调查的数据进行分析 志愿者以及纵向研究的后续和分析 为 PWA 提供直接服务的志愿者。 另外，还有四场 实验将检验志愿者过程每个阶段的假设。 这种多层次的方法——在以下层面审查艾滋病志愿服务 志愿者、志愿服务的接受者和社会系统——有 增加对帮助和社会关系的理解的潜力 并为志愿者在护理方面的最佳利用做出贡献 针对 PWA、预防新的艾滋病毒感染并加强公众教育 和对艾滋病的认识。