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Table 6 Survey instrument – Clary and Snyder’s volunteer functions inventory

From: Motivation of emergency medical services volunteers: a study of organized Good Samaritans

1. Volunteering can help me to get my foot in the door at a place where I would like to work.

2. My friends volunteer.

3. I am concerned about those less fortunate than myself.

4. People I’m close to want me to volunteer.

5. Volunteering makes me feel important.

6. People I know share an interest in community service.

7. No matter how bad I’ve been feeling, volunteering helps me to forget about it.

8. I am genuinely concerned about the particular group I am serving.

9. By volunteering I feel less lonely.

10. I can make new contacts that might help my business or career.

11. Doing volunteer work relieves me of some of the guilt over being more fortunate than others.

12. I can learn more about the cause for which I am working.

13. Volunteering increases my self-esteem.

14. Volunteering allows me to gain a new perspective on things.

15. Volunteering allows me to explore different career options.

16. I feel compassion toward people in need.

17. Others with whom I am close place a high value on community service

18. Volunteering lets me learn things through direct, hands-on experience.

19. I feel it is important to help others.

20. Volunteering helps me work through my own personal problems.

21. Volunteering will help me to succeed in my chosen profession.

22. I can do something for a cause that is important to me.

23. Volunteering is an important activity to the people I know best.

24. Volunteering is a good escape from my own troubles.

25. I can learn how to deal with a variety of people.

26. Volunteering makes me feel needed.

27: Volunteering makes me feel better about myself.

28. Volunteering experience will look good on my resume

29. Volunteering is a way to make new friends

30. I can explore my own strengths.