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The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers
(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, evaluate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36661752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13010002 |
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author | Martins, Cátia de Jesus, Saúl Neves da Silva, José Tomás Ribeiro, Conceição Nunes, Cristina Cunha, Francisca Ferreira Marcelo, Beatriz |
author_facet | Martins, Cátia de Jesus, Saúl Neves da Silva, José Tomás Ribeiro, Conceição Nunes, Cristina Cunha, Francisca Ferreira Marcelo, Beatriz |
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description | (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. |
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spelling | pubmed-98580272023-01-21 The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers Martins, Cátia de Jesus, Saúl Neves da Silva, José Tomás Ribeiro, Conceição Nunes, Cristina Cunha, Francisca Ferreira Marcelo, Beatriz Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ Article (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. MDPI 2022-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9858027/ /pubmed/36661752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13010002 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Martins, Cátia de Jesus, Saúl Neves da Silva, José Tomás Ribeiro, Conceição Nunes, Cristina Cunha, Francisca Ferreira Marcelo, Beatriz The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers |
title | The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers |
title_full | The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers |
title_fullStr | The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers |
title_full_unstemmed | The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers |
title_short | The Volunteer Satisfaction Survey (VSS): Adaptation and Psychometric Properties among Portuguese Volunteers |
title_sort | volunteer satisfaction survey (vss): adaptation and psychometric properties among portuguese volunteers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36661752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13010002 |
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