The life course of middle-aged and aged women volunteers and their ways of overcoming negative events
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- OHSAKA Hiroko
- Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
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- Other Title
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- 中高年女性のボランティア開始後のライフコースとネガティブ・イベントへの対処
- チュウコウネン ジョセイ ノ ボランティア カイシゴ ノ ライフ コース ト ネガティブ イベント エノ タイショ
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Abstract
This research examines the patterns of the life course of middle-aged and aged women after they have participated in volunteer activities. In addition, it also analyzes the functions of helper networks and helper-helped relationships in situations requiring the resolution of negative events. The following findings were drawn based on interviews with 21 volunteers and participant observations: 1) As with occupational activities, volunteering provides the opportunities for the target partic-ipants to participate in various social roles outside of their home environments. 2) The helper networks and helper-helped relationships could complement each other in such ways that the helper networks were found instrumental in resolving the negative events that had stemmed from helper-helped relationships, and vice versa.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Social Psychology
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Japanese Journal of Social Psychology 24 (1), 1-10, 2008
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
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- CRID
- 1390282679467740416
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- NII Article ID
- 110006862318
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- NII Book ID
- AN10049127
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- ISSN
- 21891338
- 09161503
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- NDL BIB ID
- 9608514
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed