Volunteering in Young Adulthood: Complex Associations With Later Health and Well-Being Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate whether changes in volunteering from adolescence to young adulthood are associated with subsequent health and well-being outcomes in adulthood.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.

Subjects

U.S. adults from Wave IV (2008/2009; N = 12,234) and Wave V (2016-2018; N = 9,971).

Measures

Any volunteering and nine types of volunteering (independent variables) and 41 health and well-being outcomes (dependent variables) using an outcome-wide approach with multiple linear-, logistic-, and generalized linear regressions.

Results

Volunteering in young adulthood was associated with better health behaviors (e.g., 34% decreased risk of binge drinking, 95% CI [0.54, 0.81

SUBMITTER: Nakamura JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11568661 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature