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Doing Good and Feeling Well: Exploring the Relationship Between Charitable Activity and Perceived Personal Wellness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Ann Woodyard and
John Grable
Ann Woodyard*
Affiliation:
Department of Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, 213 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA
John Grable
Affiliation:
Department of Housing and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, 213 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA
*
e-mail: awoodyrd@uga.edu
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Abstract

In this exploratory study into the relationship between participation in charitable activity and self-reported measures of personal wellness, social exchange theory was used to model factors that operationalize socioeconomic variables as costs, religious orientation and charitable orientation as rewards, and wellness as profit. Structural equation modeling was applied to data from the 2004 General Social Survey, including the Module on Altruism, to measure the effects, both direct and indirect, and infer knowledge from the results. Results suggest the indication of a relationship between charitable behavior and personal wellness is valid. Specifically, those who are more charitable and those with an enhanced religious orientation exhibit greater wellness. Results also indicate that charitable orientation acts as a mediating variable between income, education, religiosity, and wellness.

Résumé

Résumé

Cette étude explore le lien entre la pratique d’activités caritatives et les efforts individuels pour maintenir son bien-être personnel. Elle utilise la théorie de l’échange social pour développer un modèle qui transforme un nombre de paramètres en opérateurs : les facteurs socio-économiques en coûts, les orientations religieuses et caritatives en récompenses, et le bien-être en profit. La modélisation par équation structurelle (MES) est appliquée aux données de l’Enquête sociale générale de 2004, y compris le Module sur l’altruisme, pour mesurer les effets, directs et indirects, et inférer des connaissances de ces résultats. L’hypothèse d’un lien entre comportements charitables et bien-être individuel est confirmée et suggère des possibilités pour de futures recherches d’intérêt.

Zusammenfassung

Zusammenfassung

In dieser explorativen Studie über die Beziehung zwischen karitativem Verhalten und dem selbstberichteten Maß persönlichen Wohlbefindens wird die soziale Austauschtheorie angewandt, um ein Modell zu entwickeln, dass sozioökonomische Faktoren, wie Kosten, Religion und gemeinnützige Orientierung, als Belohnungen und das Wohlbefinden als Gewinn operationalisiert. Es wird ein Strukturgleichungsmodell auf die Daten aus der 2004 durchgeführten allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage (General Social Survey), einschließlich des Teils zum Altruismus, angewandt, um sowohl die unmittelbaren als auch mittelbaren Auswirkungen zu messen und entsprechende Schlüsse aus den Ergebnissen zu ziehen. Der Hinweis auf eine Beziehung zwischen karitativem Verhalten und persönlichem Wohlbefinden ist stichhaltig und deutet auf Möglichkeiten für weitere wertvolle Forschungen hin.

Resumen

Resumen

En el presente estudio exploratorio de la relación entre la participación en comportamientos caritativos y las medidas de bienestar social auto-informadas, se utiliza la teoría del intercambio social para desarrollar un modelo que operacionalice los factores socioeconómicos como los costes, la orientación religiosa y la orientación caritativa como recompensas, y el bienestar como beneficio. Se aplica el modelo de ecuación estructural (SEM, del inglés Structural equation modeling) a los datos de la Encuesta Social General de 2004, incluido el Módulo sobre Altruismo, para medir los efectos, tanto directos como indirectos, e inferir conocimientos de los resultados. La indicación de una relación entre el comportamiento caritativo y el bienestar personal es válida y sugiere posibilidades para futuras investigaciones valiosas.

摘要

摘要

在本探索性研究中,我们探索了参与慈善行为与个人健康的自我评估措施之间的关系,社会交换理论用于开发模型以组织社会经济因素为成本、宗教取向和慈善取向为奖励,同时健康为利润。结构方程建模 (SEM) 应用到2004年综合社会调查的数据,包括利他模块,以测量直接和间接效果,并从结果推论知识。这显示慈善行为和个人健康之间的关系有效,并建议进一步宝贵研究的可能性。

要約

要約

慈善活動への参加と個人の健康による自己報告の測定の関係の予備的研究では、社会的交換理論はコストとしての社会経済的要因、報酬としての宗教とオリエンテーション、利益としての健康を運用可能にするモデルの開発に用いられている。構造方程式モデル(SEM)では2004年の総合社会動向調査のデータを適用しており、排他主義のモジュールを含む直接的かつ間接的な効果を測定して結果から知識を推論することができる。慈善活動と個人の健康における関係を提示することは有効であり、さらなる貴重な調査のための可能性を示している。

ملخص

ملخص

في هذه الدراسة الإستكشافية في العلاقة بين المشاركة في السلوكيات الخيرية والقياسات التي تم الإبلاغ عنها ذاتيا˝ من الحالة الجيدة الشخصية، يتم إستخدام نظرية التبادل الإجتماعي لوضع نموذج يقوم بتفعيل العوامل الإجتماعية والإقتصادية للتكاليف، التوجه الديني و الخيري للمكافآت، والحالة الجيدة كالربح. يتم تطبيق تصميم المعادلة الهيكلية (SEM) لبيانات من إستطلاع الرأي العام الإجتماعي لعام 2004، بما في ذلك وحدة قياس الإيثار، لقياس آثار، كلا˝ من المعرفة المباشرة و الغير المباشرة من النتائج، دلالة على أن وجود علاقة سارية المفعول بين السلوك الخيري والحالة الجيدة الشخصية و يقترح إمكانيات بحوث قيمة إضافية

Keywords

Personal wellnessPhilanthropySocial exchange

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Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , August 2014, pp. 905 - 928
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