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Increasingly studies on volunteer motivation are exploring the process stages of volunteerism with particular attention to recruitment and retention. Volunteer experience and its dynamic association to satisfaction, however, remain underexamined, particularly in faith-based contexts. This study uses a functional approach to explore the applicability of the Volunteer Functions Inventory (Clary et al. in J Personal Soc Psychol, 74(6): 1516-1530, 1998) to a sample of volunteers in an Australian faith-based organization. Factor analysis was supportive of a four-factor solution with the elimination of the Protective function and the emergence of a new function, Enrichment. The validity of a new structure, the Faith-Based Volunteer Motivation Scale, is tested against levels of volunteer satisfaction for this sample. Results concur with Clary et al.'s correlation between high-level motive fulfilment and degrees of satisfaction. Les études sur la motivation des bénévoles explorent de plus en plus les phases du bénévolat en portant une attention particulière au recrutement et à la fidélisation. L'expérience des bénévoles et sa relation dynamique avec la satisfaction demeurent toutefois sous-étudiées, surtout en contexte confessionnel. Cette étude emploie une approche fonctionnelle pour explorer la mise en oeuvre de l'inventaire des fonctions du bénévolat (Clary et coll. 1998) auprès d'un échantillon de bénévoles d'une organisation confessionnelle australienne. L'analyse factorielle a favorisé une solution à quatre facteurs éliminant la fonction de protection et en ajoutant une nouvelle, l'enrichissement. La validité d'une nouvelle structure, l'Échelle motivationnelle du bénévolat confessionnel, est comparée aux niveaux de satisfaction des bénévoles du présent échantillon. Les résultats confirment la corrélation entre l'épanouissement élevé de la cause et les degrés de satisfaction avancée par Clary et coll. Studien zur Motivation von Ehrenamtlichen untersuchen vermehrt die Prozessstufen der ehrenamtlichen Tätigkeit und konzentrieren sich dabei insbesondere auf die Anwerbung und Anbindung. Die Erfahrungen der Ehrenamtlichen und ihre dynamische Verbindung zur Zufriedenheit werden jedoch weiterhin nur unzureichend untersucht, insbesondere in glaubensbezogenen Kontexten. Diese Studie folgt einem funktionellen Ansatz, um die Anwendbarkeit des Volunteer Functions Inventory (Clary et al. 1998) auf ausgewählte Ehrenamtliche in einer australischen glaubensbasierten Organisation zu prüfen. Die Faktorenanalyse unterstütze eine Vier-Faktoren-Lösung, wobei die Schutzfunktion eliminiert wurde und sich eine neue Funktion, die Bereicherung, ergab. Die Gültigkeit einer neuen Struktur, die Skala der Motivation Ehrenamtlicher im glaubensbezogenen Bereich, wird in dieser Stichprobe gegenüber dem Maß an Zufriedenheit der Ehrenamtlichen getestet. Die Ergebnisse stimmen mit der Korrelation zwischen einem hohen Maß an Motiverfüllung und dem Zufriedenheitsgrad nach Clary et al. überein. Cada vez más, los estudios sobre la motivación de los voluntarios están explorando las etapas del proceso de voluntariado con especial atención al reclutamiento y retención. Sin embargo, la experiencia del voluntario y su dinámica asociación con la satisfacción siguen estando poco examinadas, en particular, en contextos confesionales. El presente estudio utiliza un enfoque funcional para explorar la aplicabilidad del Inventario de Funciones del Voluntariado (Clary et al. 1998) a una muestra de voluntarios en una organización confesional australiana. El análisis de factores apoyó una solución de cuatro factores con la eliminación de la función de Protección y el surgimiento de una nueva función, Enriquecimiento. La validez de una nueva estructura, la Escala de Motivación del Voluntariado Confesional, es puesta a prueba frente a niveles de satisfacción del voluntario en esta muestra. Los resultados coinciden con la correlación de Clary et al. entre alto nivel de cumplimiento de motivos y grados de satisfacción.

A wolf-dog instinctively travels 2000 miles from Washington to Alaska to return to the boy who once saved his life.

Sunjeev Sahota’s novel Ours Are the Streets tells the story of a young British Muslim man’s path to radicalization. It appears to be another fictional attempt to ‘get inside’ the terrorist mind. This essay argues, however, that the text dramatizes the pitfalls of empathic identification via a focalizing character whose mental state becomes unstable and his narrative increasingly unreliable. The protagonist’s uncontrolled Theory of Mind causes him to misrecognize others and their motives, even as he seeks solidarity. The reader too is led into an interpretative labyrinth which raises questions about the ethics of reading fiction and empathizing across cultural difference.

Background The factors shaping the health of the current generation of adolescents are multi-dimensional and complex. The purpose of this study was to explore the determinants of self-rated health (SRH) of adolescents attending a faith-based school system in Australia. Methods A total of 788 students attending 21 Seventh-day Adventist schools in Australia responded to a health and lifestyle survey that assessed SRH as well as potential determinants of SRH including the health outcomes mental health, vitality, body mass index (BMI), select health behaviors, social factors and personal demographics. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data and examine the direct and indirect effects of these factors on SRH. Results The structural model developed was a good fit with the data. The health outcome mental health had the strongest association with SRH (β = 0.17). Several upstream variables were also associated with higher SRH ratings. The health behavior sleep hours had the strongest association with SRH (β total  = 0.178) followed by fruit/vegetable consumption (β total  = 0.144), physical activity (β total  = 0.135) and a vegetarian diet (β total  = 0.103). Of the demographic and social variables measured, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) had the strongest association with SRH (β total  = − 0.125), negatively influencing SRH, and gender also associated with an increase in SRH (β total  = 0.092), with the influence of these factors being mediated through other variables in the model. Conclusions This study presents a conceptual model that illustrates the complex network of factors concomitantly associated with SRH in adolescents. The outcomes of the study provide insights into the determinants of adolescent SRH which may inform priority areas for improving this construct.

Within the context of nursing education in Australia, the registered nurse (RN) preceptor plays an invaluable role with nursing students; however, many are not specifically trained for this role. This study explored the perceptions of practicing preceptors from one health care facility after completion of a specially designed preceptor program. Results indicated that the participants perceived that the program had increased their knowledge of teaching and learning and increased their skills as preceptors. Further results suggested that when the RN preceptor’s knowledge of the teaching and learning process increased, it led to an increase in the RN preceptor’s generic preceptor skills. This increased the RN preceptor’s confidence, leading to a more positive attitude toward student nurses and a positive effect on preceptor functioning, enhancing the preceptor’s ability to include students more in daily nursing tasks.

In Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin dissect how stereotypes that depict Muslims as an inherently problematic presence in the West are constructed, deployed, and circulated in the public imagination, producing an immense gulf between representation and a considerably more complex reality.

The award-winning novelist Rohinton Mistry is recognised as one of the most important contemporary writers of postcolonial literature. His subtle yet powerful narratives engross general readers, excite critical acclaim and form staple elements of literature courses across the world. This study - the first of its kind on this writer - will provide scholars and students with an insight into the key features of Mistry's work. Peter Morey suggests how the author's writing can be read in terms of recent Indian political history, his native Zoroastrian culture and ethos, and the experience of migration which now sees him living in Canada. The texts are viewed through the lens of diaspora and minority discourse theories to show how Mistry's writing is illustrative of marginal positions in relation to sanctioned national identities. In addition, Mistry utilises and blends the conventions of oral storytelling common to the Persian and South Asian traditions with nods in the direction of the canonical figures of modern European literature, sometimes reworking and reinflecting their registers and preoccupations to create a distinctive voice redolent of the hybrid inheritance of Parsi culture and of the postcolonial predicament more generally.