To help or not to help? Prosocial behavior, its association with well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the coronavirus disease pandemic

E Haller, J Lubenko, G Presti, V Squatrito… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans' social life
and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for …

Using prosocial behavior to safeguard mental health and foster emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A registered report of a randomized trial

A Miles, M Andiappan, L Upenieks, C Orfanidis - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic, the accompanying lockdown measures, and their
possible long-term effects have made mental health a pressing public health concern. Acts …

Prosocial behavior promotes positive emotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MM Varma, D Chen, X Lin, LB Aknin, X Hu - Emotion, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about humans' physical and mental well-
being. In response, there has been an urgent “call to action” for psychological interventions …

No man is an island: Psychological underpinnings of prosociality in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak

E Politi, J Van Assche, GV Caprara, K Phalet - Personality and Individual …, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, sustainable forms of collective resilience help
societies coping cohesively with unprecedented challenges. In our empirical contribution …

Health behavior adherence and emotional adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic in a US nationally representative sample: The roles of prosocial motivation and …

SK Nelson-Coffey, MM O'Brien, BM Braunstein… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale Substantial health behavior change (eg, social distancing, mask-wearing) is
needed to slow COVID-19. Yet, adherence to these guidelines varies, and avoiding social …

COVID-19 protective behaviors are forms of prosocial and unselfish behaviors

BM Dinić, B Bodroža - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study was to explore the effects of prosocial and antisocial personality
tendencies and context-related state factors on compliance with protective behaviors to …

[HTML][HTML] Prosociality predicts individual behavior and collective outcomes in the COVID-19 pandemic

X Fang, T Freyer, CY Ho, Z Chen, L Goette - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic induces a social dilemma: engaging in preventive health
behaviors is costly for individuals but generates benefits that also accrue to society at large …

Perception of strong social norms during the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to positive psychological outcomes

S Liu, J Zhu, Y Liu, D Wilbanks, JC Jackson, Y Mu - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Social norms can coordinate individuals and groups during collective threats. Pandemic-
related social norms (eg, wearing masks, social distancing) emerged to curb the spread of …

Prosociality and hoarding amid the COVID‐19 pandemic: A tale of four countries

DCK Tse, VW Lau, Y Hong, MC Bligh… - Journal of community …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that poses a challenge to
humanity. Drawing on the stress and coping literature, we argue that people around the …

Resilience and prosocial behavior among chinese university students during COVID-19 mitigation: testing mediation and moderation models of social support

S Xue, MR Kaufman, X Zhang, S Xia, C Niu… - Psychology Research …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Suffering during events such as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens university
students' physical and psychological health. Given the literature indicating the protective role …