The Formation Process of Residents' Intentions to Participate in Volunteer Activities by Volunteers: A Structural Analysis Focusing on Personality Traits and Social Capital

Key Points

• This research aims to clarify how residents' intentions to participate in volunteer activities are formed.
• Participants were involved in a volunteer sand preservation activity in Fukuyama, Japan.
• Sequential t-tests and hierarchical binary logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the structural process.
• The focus was on recognizing community heritage values and their impact on participation intentions.
• Recognition of community heritage values has the strongest influence on participation intentions.
• Social capital and personality traits mainly contribute indirectly through cognitive and value recognition processes.

Abstract