Volunteer motivation | Items | Mean | Std. Deviation | ||
1 | Career development | 1 | I volunteer because volunteering gives me an opportunity to build my work skills. | 4.5 | 0.9 |
2 | 2 | I volunteer because I feel that I make important work connections through volunteering. | 4.1 | 1.2 | |
3 | 3 | I volunteer because I feel that volunteering will help me to find out about employment opportunities. | 3.8 | 1.3 | |
| Mean |
|
| 4.1 | 1.3 |
4 | Protective | 1 | No matter how bad I’ve been feeling, volunteering helps me to forget about it. | 4.5 | 0.8 |
5 | 2 | By volunteering, I feel less lonely | 4.3 | 1.0 | |
6 | 3 | Volunteering is a good escape from my own troubles | 3.0 | 1.5 | |
7 | 4 | Doing volunteer work relieves me of some of the guilt of being more fortunate than others | 4.1 | 1.2 | |
| Mean |
|
| 3.9 | 1.15 |
8 | Reactivity | 1 | I like to help patients, because I have been in difficult positions myself. | 4.7 | 0.7 |
9 | 2 | Many positive and good thing come to my life when I volunteer | 4.8 | 0.5 | |
10 | 3 | Volunteering helps me deal with some of my own problems. | 4.3 | 1.0 | |
| Mean |
|
| 4.5 | 0.7 |
11 | Recognition | 1 | Being appreciated by healthcare organization is important to me. | 4.1 | 1.2 |
12 | 2 | Being respected by doctors, nurses and volunteers at the healthcare organization is important to me. | 4.0 | 1.2 | |
13 | 3 | I like to work with a volunteer organization, which treats their volunteers and staff alike. | 4.4 | 1.0 | |
| Mean |
|
| 4.1 | 1.13 |
14 | Self-Esteem | 1 | I volunteer because I feel that volunteering is a feel-good experience | 4.8 | 0.5 |
15 | 2 | I volunteer because volunteering makes me feel important. | 4.4 | 1.0 | |
16 | 3 | I volunteer because volunteering makes me feel useful. | 4.7 | 0.8 | |
| Mean |
|
| 4.6 | 0.7 |
17 | Social | 1 | I volunteer because people I’m close to volunteer. | 2.7 | 1.4 |
18 | 2 | I volunteer because I look forward to the social events that volunteering affords me. | 4.3 | 1.1 | |
19 | 3 | I volunteer because others with whom I am close place a high value on community service. | 3.9 | 1.3 | |
20 | 4 | I volunteer because volunteering provides a way for me to make new friends. | 4.1 | 1.1 | |
| Mean |
|
| 3.75 | 1.2 |
21 | Understanding | 1 | Volunteering in healthcare allows me to gain a new perspective on things. | 4.6 | 0.7 |
22 | 2 | Volunteering lets me learn things through direct, hands on experience. | 4.7 | 0.6 | |
23 | 3 | I can learn more about the cause for which I am working. | 4.6 | 0.8 | |
24 | 4 | I can learn how to deal with a variety of people. | 4.8 | 0.5 | |
25 | 5 | I can explore my own strengths | 4.7 | 0.7 | |
| Mean |
|
| 4.68 | 0.66 |
26 | Values | 1 | I feel compassion toward patients in need | 4.7 | 0.7 |
27 | 2 | I am genuinely concerned about the group of patients I am serving. | 3.8 | 1.3 | |
28 | 3 | I volunteer because volunteering fits in with my religious beliefs. | 4.7 | 0.7 | |
29 | 4 | I volunteer because volunteering is national value in UAE government. | 4.7 | 0.7 | |
| Mean |
|
| 4.4 | 0.8 |