The Motivation and Sense of Meaning of College Student Volunteers in Nanjing Medical College Research on the Relationship with the Persistence of Voluntary Behavior

Abstract

College student volunteers are an important part of China's volunteers, and medical college student volunteers play an indispensable role in earthquake relief, health assistance and other volunteer activities due to their medical professional knowledge and background. As of 2021, the number of medical students volunteers in China has reached 37,000, and while the team is growing, the team construction of volunteers is also facing a series of problems, such as the lack of sustainability of volunteer behavior, which also restricts the sustainable development of volunteer service in China. The study came to the following conclusions: (1) There was a positive correlation between the motivation of medical college students and the sense of meaning of work. (2) There was a positive correlation be-tween the participation motivation of medical college students and the persistence of volunteer behavior. (3) There was a positive correlation between the sense of meaning of work and the persistence of volunteer behavior. (4) The sense of meaning of work of college student volunteers played a mediating role in the relationship between participation motivation and the persistence of volunteer behavior. Based on the research, this paper proposes strategies to boost medical students' service motivation and work meaning, fostering sustainable volunteer behavior and stabilizing the volunteer base.