• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.115-126
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to examine the influential variables of participation toward voluntary activities of elderly women's. For this purpose, the data collected 312 women's elderly in Jinju city. Statistics employed for the analysis were frequencies, logit regression and multiple regression analysis. The major results of this study were as follows; In participation intention toward voluntary activities for women's elderly, the variables which influence were job, state of health, level of life, need of voluntary activities, and satisfaction of voluntary activities in the past.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.415-423
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was done to examine the relationship between participation motivation, satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities of nursing students, and to identify factors influencing continuance willingness of voluntary activities. Methods: The research participants were 175 nursing students in the nursing departments of 3 universities located in G city and J province in Korea. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Results: Participants' scores for participation motivation, satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities were $3.24{\pm}0.76$, $3.11{\pm}0.83$ and $3.03{\pm}0.85$ respectively. Participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities had positive correlations. Satisfaction and continuance willingness of voluntary activities had positive correlations. Factors influencing nursing students' continuance willingness of voluntary activities included participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities. And these variables explained 74% of the variance in continuance willingness of voluntary activities. Conclusion: The findings show that development and application of educational programs to increase participation motivation and satisfaction of voluntary activities are important and will improve nursing students' continuance willingness of voluntary activities.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.141-156
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• 2004

This study was intended to find out the differences of characteristics between the married women who were participating in the voluntary activities and those who were not. Based on the review of various theories on the volunteerism, the three variable groups - demographic, psychosocial and family related- were identified as the possible factors which differentiate the characteristics of those two groups. The results were as follows 1) Significant group differences were found in the age, the last child's age, education, income, sense of health, religion, the degree of religious activities, leisure satisfaction and type of leisures. 2) Married women participating in the voluntary activities showed more sociable, higher sense of responsibility to the society and more distinct feeling of social identity. 3) Family -related variables such as family function, type of family, the degree of socialization in the family and experiences and quality of contact with successful volunteers were found to be closely related to the married women's participation in the voluntary activities.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.231-237
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• 2014

In order to improve participation and quick decision-making in an emergency, the Voluntary Participation Program was recommended in this study for effective management of Civil Defense. The problems in the Law and Administration group and Forced Education by Mobilization system were analyzed through actual conditions of Civil Defense management and participation. In order to improve these problems, cases such as "Extension of Participation Methods", "Cooperation Activities with Civil Groups", "Usage of Community Information" were studied. Based on the investigation results, domestic applicability was recommended.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.46 no.6
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• pp.89-100
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for the familial voluntary service of the Healthy Family Center and then verify the effectiveness of its application in order to improve family healthy through a familial voluntary service. Study subjects were both volunteers who belonged to family volunteer corps of 12 Healthy Family Centers. Collected data was analyzed SPSS WIN 12.0 program. The results were as followed. First, a 54.1% of subjects is taking part in a familial voluntary service, while a 45.9% of them is not. Their positive intention of future participation is a 77.4%. The period of participation is from 6 months to two years. The frequency of participation is once or twice a month, and the length of activities per participation is for 3 hours. They have taken part in the service with a variety of public relations, and their motive of participation is by and large selfish. Second, as for the influence of participation in a familial voluntary service upon family healthy, the family healthy of participant group is higher in all the four sub-variables of family healthy than that of other groups. The group of which frequency of participation is once a week is better in family communication than the group of which frequency of participation is once or twice per month. The group of which motive of participation is altruistic is higher in sharing a value system among families than the group of which motive of participation is selfish.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.83-99
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• 2001

The propose of this study was to investigate the influences of adolescent’s volunteer service activity on perception toward the elderly. The subjects of this study were 556 students who were selected at random from the second grade of high school in the city of Daegu. A questionnaire was used as survey method. Factor analysis and ANOVA were employed for data analysis and Scheffe test for post-hoc analysis. The main findings were as follow: First Adolescent’s perception toward the elderly was hardly different according to the adolescent’s overall volunteer service activity. The participation attitude, the whole participation time, and the voluntary participation time of the adolescent’s overall volunteer service activity had no effect on the adolescent’s perception toward the elderly. But adolescents who were high in the degree of the participation satisfaction with overall volunteer service activities had a more positive perception on social aspect of the elderly than those who were low in it. Second, adolescent’s who participated in volunteer service activities for the elderly showed a noticeable difference in their perception toward the elderly. adolescents who participated in volunteer service activities for the elderly, those who had a enthusiastic participation attitude over volunteer service activities for the elderly had a more positive perception of the family-relationship and social aspects of the elderly than those who had a passive participation attitude in it. Futhermore, adolescents who were high in the degree of the participation satisfaction over volunteer service activities for the elderly had a more positive perception of the family-relational and social aspect of the elderly that those who were low in it. Also adolescents, who spent a lot of time in whole and voluntary participation over volunteer service activities for the elderly, had a more positive perception of the social aspect of the elderly than those who spentless time.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

Objectives: This study was performed to identify the relations between the old's participation in voluntary service activities and health-related quality of life. Methods: The subjects of the study were 318 elderly people aged over 65 years. They were interviewed with the use of a questionnaire from May 1 to June 30, 2012 to collect data. To verify the data collected, this study carried out a linear regression analysis. Results: The health-related quality of life of the elderly who were participating in voluntary service activities was statistically significantly higher than that of those who were not. Conclusions: This study has meaning in that it discovered that the elderly people's participation in voluntary service activities had a positive effect on their health-related quality of life.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.59-70
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to develop a program that allows older women to provide voluntary services for child nursing facilities, making those women have more social participation, effectively their spare time and ultimately improve the quality of their life. Results of the study can be described as follows. First, social requests about the use of older women as volunteers for child nursing services were analyzed to show that most people working at child nursing facilities perceived lack in the number of child nursing teachers. Those people recognized the need of using older women as service volunteers for the facilities. They were very positive about such use. Second, it is recommendable that volunteers of child nursing service should be not too much older women, or below 65. Voluntary activities that those women participate include taking care of younger children, reading interesting stories for children, helping works of child homes, teaching manners and living attitudes, instructing dietary etiquettes and cooking. Voluntary service activities should be made 1 to 3 times a week, 1 to 2 hours a time, considering psychological and physical states of older people. Third, such older volunteers should be educated about 6 areas, 'the operation and management of child homes, 'practices', 'child health and safety', 'the quality of child nursing', 'child development and counseling' and 'voluntary service training'. Out of these six areas, 'child health and safety' and 'voluntary service training' are more required to be instructed. such training needs to focus on activities in which older women can actually engage as volunteers. Fourth, it is advisable that the recruitment and management of such volunteers are led by the city and that the development of training programs for voluntary service activities and education of the volunteers are referred to universities.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.164-173
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• 1998

The purpose of this study is direction of the Information Society situations and problems of voluntary activities. In the United States of 50 percent Population have experiences of voluntary Activities in 1995. But Korea peoples had been experience of voluntary service activities not so much. In order to solve these problems and improve the voluntary service activities situation today that is information society, the followings are proposed here so that the voluntary service can be performed effectively. Through the schools, mass media, and meetings of various groups, a program should be offered widely to educate about voluntary service activities. This study is based on the volunteers management at community society with Data base information communication. (1)Searching the necessity and problems of volunteers at community centers in Local government (2)Studying the support volunteers Activities management and demand of volunteers activities management through the Data base, (3) Participation of team services management from local Government. (4) Exploring the improvements based on the study. For effective management of volunteer activities management use Information communication System that have data base. And also training of volunteers have more computer using technique through education contained with lectures and drill.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.53-71
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• 2001

The purpse of this study is to analy7~ the public library program development for the 01d Age and voluntary activities for community development. The study area that are Anyng city, Uiwang city and Goonpo city who was the Old Age from 60 years old to 8lyears. In United State Old Age mnning in 1955 of voluntary Activities. But Korea Old Ages had not be experience of voluntary service activities not so much. So, through the public Library Program for the Old Age increase participation community development that voluntary of care the Youth and Guide stranger in city. Also, A study on The Public Library program development for the Old Age in Community Development that change police of public library through thls study. This study is based on the (1) Searching the cornmunit\ulcorner. development police in the Old Age in community (2) Study method in library educate for The Old Age (3) the Old Age Participation of community development Activities in local Government (4) Exploring the improvemts based on the study. And also training of the old Age for human resource development.