TY - JOUR
T1 - To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
AU - Haller, Elisa
AU - Lubenko, Jelena
AU - Presti, Giovambattista
AU - Squatrito, Valeria
AU - Constantinou, Marios
AU - Nicolaou, Christiana
AU - Papacostas, Savvas
AU - Aydın, Gökçen
AU - Chong, Yuen Yu
AU - Chien, Wai Tong
AU - Cheng, Ho Yu
AU - Ruiz, Francisco J.
AU - García-Martín, María B.
AU - Obando-Posada, Diana P.
AU - Segura-Vargas, Miguel A.
AU - Vasiliou, Vasilis S.
AU - McHugh, Louise
AU - Höfer, Stefan
AU - Baban, Adriana
AU - Dias Neto, David
AU - da Silva, Ana Nunes
AU - Monestès, Jean Louis
AU - Alvarez-Galvez, Javier
AU - Paez-Blarrina, Marisa
AU - Montesinos, Francisco
AU - Valdivia-Salas, Sonsoles
AU - Ori, Dorottya
AU - Kleszcz, Bartosz
AU - Lappalainen, Raimo
AU - Ivanović, Iva
AU - Gosar, David
AU - Dionne, Frederick
AU - Merwin, Rhonda M.
AU - Karekla, Maria
AU - Kassianos, Angelos P.
AU - Gloster, Andrew T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation awarded to ATG (PP00P1_ 163716/1 and PP00P1_190082). The funder provided support in the form of salaries for authors (EH and ATG) but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Haller, Lubenko, Presti, Squatrito, Constantinou, Nicolaou, Papacostas, Aydın, Chong, Chien, Cheng, Ruiz, García-Martín, Obando-Posada, Segura-Vargas, Vasiliou, McHugh, Höfer, Baban, Dias Neto, da Silva, Monestès, Alvarez-Galvez, Paez-Blarrina, Montesinos, Valdivia-Salas, Ori, Kleszcz, Lappalainen, Ivanović, Gosar, Dionne, Merwin, Karekla, Kassianos and Gloster.
PY - 2022/2/11
Y1 - 2022/2/11
N2 - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans’ social life and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for each other. This study investigated prosocial behavior, its association well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and sought to understand whether region-specific differences exist. Participants (N = 9,496) from eight regions clustering multiple countries around the world responded to a cross-sectional online-survey investigating the psychological consequences of the first upsurge of lockdowns in spring 2020. Prosocial behavior was reported to occur frequently. Multiple regression analyses showed that prosocial behavior was associated with better well-being consistently across regions. With regard to predictors of prosocial behavior, high levels of perceived social support were most strongly associated with prosocial behavior, followed by high levels of perceived stress, positive affect and psychological flexibility. Sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of prosocial behavior were similar across regions.
AB - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans’ social life and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for each other. This study investigated prosocial behavior, its association well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and sought to understand whether region-specific differences exist. Participants (N = 9,496) from eight regions clustering multiple countries around the world responded to a cross-sectional online-survey investigating the psychological consequences of the first upsurge of lockdowns in spring 2020. Prosocial behavior was reported to occur frequently. Multiple regression analyses showed that prosocial behavior was associated with better well-being consistently across regions. With regard to predictors of prosocial behavior, high levels of perceived social support were most strongly associated with prosocial behavior, followed by high levels of perceived stress, positive affect and psychological flexibility. Sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of prosocial behavior were similar across regions.
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - predictors of prosocial behavior
KW - prosocial behavior
KW - social support
KW - well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125325135&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125325135
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 775032
ER -
