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‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fecha
2021-01-01Registro en:
10529284
10.1002/casp.2572
10991298
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
2-s2.0-85116529977
SCOPUS_ID:85116529977
0000 0001 2196 144X
Autor
Resta, Elena
Mula, Silvana
Baldner, Conrad
Santo, Daniela Di
Agostini, Maximilian
Bélanger, Jocelyn J.
Gützkow, Ben
Kreienkamp, Jannis
Abakoumkin, Georgios
Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum Abdul
Ahmedi, Vjollca
Akkas, Handan
Almenara, Carlos A.
Atta, Mohsin
Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
Basel, Sima
Kida, Edona Berisha
Bernardo, Allan B.I.
Buttrick, Nicholas R.
Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
Choi, Hoon Seok
Cristea, Mioara
Csaba, Sara
Damnjanović, Kaja
Danyliuk, Ivan
Dash, Arobindu
Douglas, Karen M.
Enea, Violeta
Faller, Daiane Gracieli
Fitzsimons, Gavan J.
Gheorghiu, Alexandra
Gómez, Ángel
Hamaidia, Ali
Han, Qing
Helmy, Mai
Hudiyana, Joevarian
Jeronimus, Bertus F.
Jiang, Ding Yu
Jovanović, Veljko
Kamenov, Zeljka
Kende, Anna
Keng, Shian Ling
Kieu, Tra Thi Thanh
Koc, Yasin
Kovyazina, Kamila
Kozytska, Inna
Krause, Joshua
Kruglanski, Arie W.
Kurapov, Anton
Kutlaca, Maja
Lantos, Nóra Anna
Lemay, Edward P.
Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J.
Louis, Winnifred R.
Lueders, Adrian
Malik, Najma Iqbal
Martinez, Anton P.
McCabe, Kira O.
Mehulić, Jasmina
Milla, Mirra Noor
Mohammed, Idris
Molinario, Erica
Moyano, Manuel
Muhammad, Hayat
Muluk, Hamdi
Myroniuk, Solomiia
Najafi, Reza
Nisa, Claudia F.
Nyúl, Boglárka
O'Keefe, Paul A.
Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas
Osin, Evgeny N.
Park, Joonha
Pica, Gennaro
Pierro, Antonio
Rees, Jonas H.
Reitsema, Anne Margit
Rullo, Marika
Ryan, Michelle K.
Samekin, Adil
Santtila, Pekka
Sasin, Edyta
Schumpe, Birga M.
Selim, Heyla A.
Stanton, Michael Vicente
Stroebe, Wolfgang
Sultana, Samiah
Sutton, Robbie M.
Tseliou, Eleftheria
Utsugi, Akira
van Breen, Jolien A.
van Lissa, Caspar J.
van Veen, Kees
van Dellen, Michelle R.
Vázquez, Alexandra
Wollast, Robin
Yeung, Victoria Wai Lan
Zand, Somayeh
Žeželj, Iris Lav
Zheng, Bang
Institución
Resumen
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a global health crisis. Consequently, many countries have adopted restrictive measures that caused a substantial change in society. Within this framework, it is reasonable to suppose that a sentiment of societal discontent, defined as generalized concern about the precarious state of society, has arisen. Literature shows that collectively experienced situations can motivate people to help each other. Since societal discontent is conceptualized as a collective phenomenon, we argue that it could influence intention to help others, particularly those who suffer from coronavirus. Thus, in the present study, we aimed (a) to explore the relationship between societal discontent and intention to help at the individual level and (b) to investigate a possible moderating effect of societal discontent at the country level on this relationship. To fulfil our purposes, we used data collected in 42 countries (N = 61,734) from the PsyCorona Survey, a cross-national longitudinal study. Results of multilevel analysis showed that, when societal discontent is experienced by the entire community, individuals dissatisfied with society are more prone to help others. Testing the model with longitudinal data (N = 3,817) confirmed our results. Implications for those findings are discussed in relation to crisis management. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.