Volunteering and Charitable Giving: Do Religious and Associational Ties Promote Helping Behavior?

Most research on helping behavior has concentrated on situational and personality effects on the decision to provide emergency aid; less work has dealt with social determinants of common, nonemergency helping. We investigated the effects of religious and associational ties on secular volunteering an...

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Published in:Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly 1995-03, Vol.24 (1), p.59-78
Main Authors: Jackson, Elton F., Bachmeier, Mark D., Wood, James R., Craft, Elizabeth A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Most research on helping behavior has concentrated on situational and personality effects on the decision to provide emergency aid; less work has dealt with social determinants of common, nonemergency helping. We investigated the effects of religious and associational ties on secular volunteering and charitable giving in a sample of 800 Indiana residents. We found that belonging to a range of voluntary associations increases volunteering and giving. Participation in church groups also increases both forms of secular helping, but attending church does not.
ISSN:0899-7640
1552-7395
DOI:10.1177/089976409502400108