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dc.contributor.authorUndlien, Roald
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-05T13:43:04Z
dc.date.available2020-03-05T13:43:04Z
dc.date.created2019-08-21T09:19:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Sport for Development. 2019, 7 (13), 33-45. https://jsfd.org/nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2330-0574
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2645541
dc.descriptionOnce an article is published, copyright is transferred to JSFD. JSFD is an open access journal, with all articles and issues freely available to readers on our website.nb_NO
dc.description.abstractThis article serves as a follow-up on a previous study and looks at how volunteering at a major sporting event has affected the lives of a group of volunteers with intellectual disabilities two years after volunteering. The aim is to examine how volunteering at an Olympic event may be a source for lasting social value, operationalized as an increase in social capital and quality of life. Qualitative interviews were conducted on a selection of former volunteers with intellectual disabilities (n=8). In five of the interviews, parents of the interviewees also functioned as facilitators for the interviews. The same five parents were also interviewed in brief, semistructured interviews. This study shows that the event had a limited effect on bridging social capital, while having a stronger impact on the group`s bonding social capital. Moreover, the event has affected the quality of life for the participants to various degrees by being a source for positive memories, enforced by visual reminders such as the volunteer uniform frequently worn by the former volunteers. The volunteer experience also serves as a bridging element, bringing together groups of people with little in common. In some cases, volunteering also led to employment in regular occupations.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.titleLasting social value or a one-off? People with intellectual disabilities’ experiences with volunteering for the Youth Olympic Gamesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber33-45nb_NO
dc.source.volume7nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Sport for Developmentnb_NO
dc.source.issue13nb_NO
dc.identifier.cristin1717583
cristin.unitcode209,6,0,0
cristin.unitnameHandelshøgskolen Innlandet - Fakultet for økonomi og samfunnsvitenskap
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