ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic.
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Elisa HallerClinical Psychology and Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Jelena LubenkoDepartment of Health Psychology and Pedagogy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia.
Giovambattista PrestiKore University Behavioral Lab, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy.
Valeria SquatritoKore University Behavioral Lab, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy.
Marios ConstantinouDepartment of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christiana NicolaouDepartment of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Savvas PapacostasCyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Gökçen AydınDepartment of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Yuen Yu ChongThe Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Wai Tong ChienThe Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ho Yu ChengThe Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Francisco J RuizDepartment of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia.
María B García-MartínFaculty of Psychology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia.
Diana P Obando-PosadaFaculty of Psychology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia.
Miguel A Segura-VargasDepartment of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia.
Vasilis S VasiliouNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Louise McHughSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Stefan HöferDepartment of Medical Psychology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Adriana BabanDepartment of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
David Dias NetoISPA-Instituto Universitário, APPsyCI-Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ana Nunes da SilvaFaculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jean-Louis MonestèsLIP/PC2S Lab, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Javier Alvarez-GalvezDepartment of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain.
Marisa Paez-BlarrinaInstituto ACT, Madrid, Spain.
Francisco MontesinosDepartment of Psychology, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Sonsoles Valdivia-SalasDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Dorottya OriDepartment of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Bartosz KleszczBartosz Kleszcz Psychotherapy and Training, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Raimo LappalainenDepartment of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Iva IvanovićDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Institute for Children's Diseases, Clinical Centre of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
David GosarDepartment of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Frederick DionneDépartement de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Rhonda M MerwinDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, CA, United States.
Maria KareklaDepartment of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Angelos P KassianosDepartment of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Andrew T GlosterClinical Psychology and Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Abstract
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 (
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