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: 2247773
• 负责人: MARK SNYDER
• 金额: $ 21.43万
• 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 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2247773
• 关键词: AIDS; AIDS education /prevention; allied health personnel; caregivers; community health services; data collection; health care service evaluation; human subject; longitudinal human study; psychology; questionnaires; social service evaluation; social support network; volunteer

With the increasing involvement of volunteers in caring for persons living with AIDS (PWAs), it becomes critically important to understand the social and psychological aspects of this type of volunteerism. Guided by a conceptualization of volunteerism as sustained, ongoing helping behavior, relevant psychological theories are being applied in this program of research on AIDS volunteerism to understand three major stages of the volunteer process. The first stage concerns the antecedents of AIDS volunteerism, and addresses the questions of who volunteers and why. The second stage examines the experiences of volunteers and focuses on features of the helping relationships that develop between volunteers and the beneficiaries of volunteerism. The third stage focuses on the consequences of AIDS volunteerism for the volunteers themselves, for members of their social networks, and for society at large, including examining the roles AIDS volunteers can play in AIDS prevention and in influencing public knowledge about and perceptions of AIDS. The proposed research involves converging cross-sectional and longitudinal field investigations of currently active AIDS volunteers working with community-based AIDS volunteer organizations. This program of research has the potential not only to increase understanding of sustained helping behavior but also to contribute to the optimal utilization of volunteers in three major aspects of society's response to AIDS: caring for PWAS, AIDS prevention, and public education.

随着志愿者越来越多地参与照顾生活中的人们 对于艾滋病 (PWA)，了解社会影响变得至关重要 以及此类志愿服务的心理方面。 由一个 将志愿服务概念化为持续的、持续的帮助行为， 相关的心理学理论正在被应用到这个项目中 艾滋病志愿服务研究，了解艾滋病志愿服务的三个主要阶段 志愿者过程。 第一阶段涉及艾滋病志愿服务的前因， 解决谁是志愿者以及为什么这样做的问题。 第二阶段 检查志愿者的经验并重点关注志愿者的特征 帮助志愿者和受益人之间发展关系 的志愿服务。 第三阶段重点关注艾滋病的后果 为志愿者本身、为社会成员的志愿服务 网络，以及整个社会，包括研究艾滋病的作用 志愿者可以在艾滋病预防和影响公众知识方面发挥作用 对艾滋病的认识和看法。 拟议的研究涉及汇聚横截面和纵向 对目前活跃的艾滋病志愿者进行实地调查 以社区为基础的艾滋病志愿者组织。 该研究计划有 不仅有可能增加对持续帮助的理解 行为，同时也有助于志愿者的最佳利用 社会应对艾滋病的三大方面：关爱PWAS、艾滋病 预防和公众教育。