Cátia Martins, José Tomás da Silva, Saúl Neves de Jesus, Conceição Ribeiro, Maria Dulce Estêvão, Ricardo Baptista, Cláudia Carmo, Marta Brás, Rita Santos, Cristina Nunes
The Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) is an instrument widely used to assess volunteers' motivation based on the Functionalist Model of Omoto and Snyder. It assesses six factors that reflect several motivational functions. The VFI has been translated into various languages and validated in different cultural contexts, but some studies have reported different factor structures (e.g., five or four factors). In the Portuguese context, previous studies have also shown inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the VFI for Portuguese volunteers, testing several alternative models (nine models) using confirmatory factor analysis...
March 25, 2024: European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education