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Title: | The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers | Authors: | Martins, Cátia Jesus, Saúl Neves de Silva, José Tomás da Ribeiro, Conceição Nunes, Cristina Cunha, Francisca Ferreira Marcelo, Beatriz |
Keywords: | functionalist approach; psychometric analysis; volunteer satisfaction; volunteering | Issue Date: | 30-Dec-2022 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | UIDB/PSI/04345/2020 | Serial title, monograph or event: | European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education | Volume: | 13 | Issue: | 1 | Place of publication or event: | Basel | Abstract: | (1) Background: Volunteering satisfaction is one significant construct that nourishes the sustaining of volunteer work, and it is present in reference models such as the three-stage volunteer process model (VPM). The volunteer satisfaction survey (VSS), created by Vecina, Chacón and Sueiro, evaluates three different domains of volunteer satisfaction: specific motivations, organization management and volunteering tasks. The aim of this study was to adapt the instrument and explore the psychometric properties of the 17 items of the VSS in a sample of Portuguese volunteers. (2) Methods: The sample was composed of 335 Portuguese volunteers (aged between 14 and 81 years), mainly women (76.4%). Measures included volunteer satisfaction, work engagement and organizational commitment. (3) Results: The original three-factor model was tested with a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the model fitted the data. Satisfactory levels of internal consistency, discriminant and convergent validity were found. (4) Conclusions: The VSS reveals good psychometric properties and can be considered a useful tool for professionals and future research for volunteers' satisfaction assessment. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105133 | ISSN: | 2254-9625 | DOI: | 10.3390/ejihpe13010002 | Rights: | openAccess |
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