Morris A. Okun|Ellen W. Yeung|Stephanie L. Brown
Volunteering by older adults and risk of mortality: A meta-analysis.
Arizona State University
organizational volunteering touted effective strategy older adults help helping others extending previous reviews carried metaanalysis relation organizational volunteering latemiddleaged older adults minimum age 55 years old risk mortality focused unadjusted effect sizes ie bivariate relations adjusted effect sizes ie controlling variables health interaction effect sizes eg joint effect volunteering religiosity unadjusted effect sizes average volunteering reduced mortality risk 47 95 confidence interval ranging 38 55 adjusted effect sizes average volunteering reduced mortality risk 24 95 confidence interval ranging 16 31 interaction effect sizes found preliminary support public religiosity increases inverse relation volunteering mortality risk becomes stronger discussion identifies several unresolved issues directions future research