To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors
of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
Haller, Elisa ✉; Lubenko, Jelena; Presti, Giovambattista; Squatrito, Valeria; Constantinou, Marios; Nicolaou, Christiana; Papacostas, Savvas; Aydin, Goekcen; Chong, Yuen Yu; Chien, Wai Tong; Cheng, Ho Yu; Ruiz, Francisco J.; Garcia-Martin, Maria B.; Obando-Posada, Diana P.; Segura-Vargas, Miguel A.; Vasiliou, Vasilis S.; McHugh, Louise; Hoefer, Stefan; Baban, Adriana; Dias, Neto David; da, Silva Ana Nunes; Monestes, Jean-Louis; Alvarez-Galvez, Javier; Paez-Blarrina, Marisa; Montesinos, Francisco; Valdivia-Salas, Sonsoles; Őri, Dorottya [Őri, Dorottya (Gyermek- és ifjús...), szerző] Magatartástudományi Intézet
(SE / AOK / I); Kleszcz, Bartosz; Lappalainen, Raimo; Ivanovic, Iva; Gosar, David; Dionne, Frederick; Merwin, Rhonda M.; Karekla, Maria**; Kassianos, Angelos P.**; Gloster, Andrew T.
Angol nyelvű Sokszerzős vagy csoportos szerzőségű szakcikk (Folyóiratcikk) Tudományos
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.
