@inbook{f9bf4012994f4c4d9dce6ac32a7b638a,
title = "What do sustain our will to volunteer? A cross-cultural Italian and Spanish comparison",
abstract = "A common model of sustained volunteerism in Italy and Spain in on young people is proposed. The longitudinal and cross-cultural study addresses the question: “is it possible to establish some basic relationships that increase or decrease over time in explaining volunteerism in young-adult across Italy and Spain?” Participants were 441 young adult volunteers (aged 24 to 31): 212 Italian and 229 Spanish. The volunteers completed measures of motivations to volunteer, volunteer-organization common values, role identity as a volunteer, intention to remain in the volunteer organization in the next 6 and 12 months and socio-demographics. Multigroup analysis is proposed. Results show that a common model explaining Italian and Spanish volunteerism exists: role identity works as a mediator variable in sustaining the involvement in volunteerism.",
keywords = "cross-cultural research, identit{\`a} di ruolo, motivation, motivazioni, ricerca cross-culturale, role identity, volontariato, volunteerism, cross-cultural research, identit{\`a} di ruolo, motivation, motivazioni, ricerca cross-culturale, role identity, volontariato, volunteerism",
author = "Marisa Vecina and Elena Marta and Maura Pozzi and Daniela Marzana",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-88-568-2333-2",
series = "Psicologia sociale e psicoterapia della famiglia",
pages = "118--132",
editor = "VITTORIO CIGOLI and Marialuisa Gennari",
booktitle = "Close relationships and community psychology: an International perspective",
}