Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2572
Title: ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Resta, Elena
Mula, Silvana
Baldner, Conrad
Di Santo, Daniela
Agostini, Maximilian
Bélanger, J.J.
Gützkow, B.
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
Damnjanovi?, K.
Danyliuk, Ivan
Dash, Arobindu
Douglas, Karen M.
Enea, Violeta
Faller, Daiane Gracieli
Fitzsimons, Gavan J.
Gheorghiu, Alexandra
Gómez, Á.
Hamaidia, Ali
Han, Qing
Helmy, Mai
Hudiyana, Joevarian
Jeronimus, Bertus F.
Jiang, Ding-Yu
Jovanovi?, V.
Kamenov, Zeljka
Kende, Anna
Keng, Shian-Ling 
Tra Thi Thanh Kieu
Koc, Yasin
Kovyazina, Kamila
Kozytska, Inna
Krause, Joshua
Kruglanski, Arie W.
Kurapov, Anton
Kutlaca, Maja
Lantos, Nora Anna
Lemay, Edward P.
Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J.
Louis, Winnifred R.
Lueders, Adrian
Malik, Najma Iqbal
Martinez, Anton P.
McCabe, Kira O.
Mehuli?, J.
Milla, Mirra Noor
Mohammed, Idris
Molinario, Erica
Moyano, Manuel
Muhammad, Hayat
Muluk, Hamdi
Myroniuk, Solomiia
Najafi, Reza
Nisa, Claudia F.
Nyúl, B.
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, J.A.
van Lissa, C.J.
van Veen, K.
van Dellen, M.R.
Vázquez, A.
Wollast, Robin
Yeung, Victoria Wai-Ian
Zand, Somayeh
Žeželj, I.L.
Zheng, Bang
Zick, Andreas
Zúñiga, C.
Leander, N. Pontus
Keywords: COVID-19
intention to help
societal discontent
Issue Date: 8-Oct-2021
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Citation: Resta, Elena, Mula, Silvana, Baldner, Conrad, Di Santo, Daniela, Agostini, Maximilian, Bélanger, J.J., Gützkow, B., 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, Damnjanovi?, K., Danyliuk, Ivan, Dash, Arobindu, Douglas, Karen M., Enea, Violeta, Faller, Daiane Gracieli, Fitzsimons, Gavan J., Gheorghiu, Alexandra, Gómez, Á., Hamaidia, Ali, Han, Qing, Helmy, Mai, Hudiyana, Joevarian, Jeronimus, Bertus F., Jiang, Ding-Yu, Jovanovi?, V., Kamenov, Zeljka, Kende, Anna, Keng, Shian-Ling, Tra Thi Thanh Kieu, Koc, Yasin, Kovyazina, Kamila, Kozytska, Inna, Krause, Joshua, Kruglanski, Arie W., Kurapov, Anton, Kutlaca, Maja, Lantos, Nora Anna, Lemay, Edward P., Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus J., Louis, Winnifred R., Lueders, Adrian, Malik, Najma Iqbal, Martinez, Anton P., McCabe, Kira O., Mehuli?, J., Milla, Mirra Noor, Mohammed, Idris, Molinario, Erica, Moyano, Manuel, Muhammad, Hayat, Muluk, Hamdi, Myroniuk, Solomiia, Najafi, Reza, Nisa, Claudia F., Nyúl, B., 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, J.A., van Lissa, C.J., van Veen, K., van Dellen, M.R., Vázquez, A., Wollast, Robin, Yeung, Victoria Wai-Ian, Zand, Somayeh, Žeželj, I.L., Zheng, Bang, Zick, Andreas, Zúñiga, C., Leander, N. Pontus (2021-10-08). ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology 32 (2) : 332-347. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2572
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: 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. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Source Title: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/232248
ISSN: 1052-9284
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2572
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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