Translation and Validation of the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) among the General Dutch Older Population.

ABSTRACT: Improvement of volunteering rates in the Netherlands is important because increased productivity among older adults would contribute to societal sustainability in the light of population aging. Therefore, a better understanding of volunteer motivations of Dutch older adults is needed. The Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) for assessing volunteer motivations has good psychometric properties and is adapted to several languages, but no validated Dutch translation yet exists. The aim of the current study is to validate the VFI for use in the Dutch older population (60 years and over). The Dutch-translated VFI (6 scales, 30 items) is included in the Lifelines 'Daily Activities and Leisure Activities add-on Study', which was distributed among participants aged 60 to 80. Exploratory Factor Anal

SUBMITTER: Niebuur J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747180 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature