Student volunteers in a service organization (13 men, 21 women) selected Growth as their central life meaning much more frequently than did a comparable group of nonvolunteers (30 men, 76 women), a result with implications for recruitment of volunteers for nonprofit organizations. Why their personal life meanings seemed richer to the evaluator than those of their nonvolunteer peers is discussed in relation to planned research.
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