Volunteers: A Social Profile
- M. Musick, John Wilson
- Psychology
- 28 November 2007
Preface Acknowledgments Part 1. An Introduction to Volunteering 1. The Importance of Studying Volunteering 2. What Is Volunteering? Part 2. Subjective Dispositions 3. Personality 4. Motives 5.…
Who cares? Toward an integrated theory of volunteer work
- John Wilson, M. Musick
- Economics
- 1997
The authors construct an integrated theory of formal and informal volunteer work based on the premises that volunteer work is (1) productive work that requires human capital, (2) collective behavior…
Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Religion and Spirituality for Health Research
- E. Idler, M. Musick, David R. Williams
- Medicine
- 1 July 2003
The conceptual and empirical development of an instrument to measure religiousness and spirituality, intended explicitly for studies of health, are reported on, which is multidimensional to allow investigation of multiple possible mechanisms of effect.
Volunteering and depression: the role of psychological and social resources in different age groups.
- M. Musick, John Wilson
- PsychologySocial Science & Medicine ()
- 2003
Work and Volunteering: The Long Arm of the Job
- John Wilson, M. Musick
- Sociology, Economics
- 1 September 1997
The impact of work on social life is a major concern of sociologists. Marx and Durkheim both believed that jobs have consequences for workers' lives outside the workplace, and subsequent research…
Race and Formal Volunteering: The Differential Effects of Class and Religion
- M. Musick, John Wilson, W. Bynum
- Economics
- 1 June 2000
Despite recent gains in educational and occupational achievement, black Americans are still worse off than whites across a broad range of quality-of-life indicators. In this article, we analyze…
The Effects of Volunteering on the Volunteer
- John Wilson, M. Musick
- Political Science
- 22 September 1999
JOHN WILSON [*] MARC MUSICK [**] I INTRODUCTION To most people, a "volunteer" is someone who contributes time to helping others with no expectation of pay or other material benefit to herself.…
Volunteering and mortality among older adults: findings from a national sample.
Volunteering has a protective effect on mortality among those who volunteered for one organization or for forty hours or less over the past year, and the protective effects of volunteering are strongest for respondents who report low levels of informal social interaction and who do not live alone.
Attendance at Religious Services and Mortality in a National Sample∗
- M. Musick, J. House, David R. Williams
- PsychologyJournal of Health and Social Behavior
- 1 June 2004
This study estimates the impact of service attendance on mortality in a national probability sample and provides the most extensive empirical examination of potential explanations for the relationship between service attendance and mortality.
The African American Minister as a Source of Help for Serious Personal Crises: Bridge or Barrier to Mental Health Care?
- H. Neighbors, M. Musick, David R. Williams
- PsychologyHealth Education & Behavior
- 1 December 1998
Using data from the National Survey of Black Americans, the authors explore which demographic characteristics and psychosocial factors are related to contacting Black clergy for help, whether certain types of personal problems increase the likelihood of clergy contact, and whether those who go to ministers are also likely to seek help from other professional help sources.
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