Enhancing the voluntary supportive actions of older adults towards other community-dwelling citizens is an important measure for a healthy community. Volunteering action in adulthood is related to the volunteering actions of older adults' parents, which they remember from their youth. In this study, the association between parents' former voluntary supportive actions and the current voluntary supportive actions of older adults is explored. Questionnaires were distributed to community-dwelling citizens aged 65 years and above, in Tokamachi city, Niigata Prefecture, Japan (response rate: 81.7%). Participants self-reported their current voluntary supportive actions and reported on their parents' former voluntary actions during their youth. The results indicated that the current voluntary supportive actions of the study participants were related to the former voluntary actions of their parents (OR: 2.28, 95% CI: 1.62–3.20). Moreover, the participants were more likely to extend support in contexts which are more closely related to one's private life, only when their parents provided support in those private contexts. The study provides implications for the importance of considering life experiences when facilitating voluntary supportive actions and renders information on how unique strategies should to be implemented to involve individuals who are unfamiliar with volunteering actions.

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青年自愿提供支持的经历与晚年的支持行动有关：日本的一项基于社区的研究

加强老年人对其他社区居民的自愿支持行动是健康社区的重要措施。成年后的志愿行动与年长父母的志愿行动有关，他们从小就记得这些。在这项研究中，探讨了父母以前的自愿支持行为与老年人目前的自愿支持行为之间的关联。向日本新泻县十日町市 65 岁及以上的社区居民发放了问卷（答复率：81.7%）。参与者自我报告了他们目前的自愿支持行为，并报告了他们父母在他们青年时期以前的自愿行为。结果表明，研究参与者当前的自愿支持行为与其父母以前的自愿行为有关（OR：2.28，95％CI：1.62-3.20）。此外，参与者更有可能在与私人生活更密切相关的环境中提供支持，只有当他们的父母在这些私人环境中提供支持时。该研究表明在促进自愿支持行动时考虑生活经历的重要性，并提供有关应如何实施独特策略以让不熟悉志愿行动的个人参与的信息。参与者更有可能在与私人生活更密切相关的环境中提供支持，只有当他们的父母在这些私人环境中提供支持时。该研究表明在促进自愿支持行动时考虑生活经历的重要性，并提供有关应如何实施独特策略以让不熟悉志愿行动的个人参与的信息。参与者更有可能在与私人生活更密切相关的环境中提供支持，只有当他们的父母在这些私人环境中提供支持时。该研究表明在促进自愿支持行动时考虑生活经历的重要性，并提供有关应如何实施独特策略以让不熟悉志愿行动的个人参与的信息。