O'Dwyer Emma, Beascoechea-Seguí Neus, Souza Luiz Gustavo Silva
Department of Psychology Kingston University London UK.
Department of Psychology Fluminense Federal University Campos dos Goytacazes Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2022 May-Jun;32(3):423-437. doi: 10.1002/casp.2582. Epub 2021 Oct 26.
Mutual aid groups developed and mobilized in communities across the UK and globally at the outset of the pandemic in order to support vulnerable community members with practical assistance and emotional support, with some understanding their work in political terms. This study adopted a "social cure" lens to investigate the effects of group identification and group perceptions on anxiety and coping self-efficacy among members of UK Covid-19 mutual aid groups. Survey data were collected from self-identified members of these groups ( = 844) during the initial period of "lockdown" restrictions in April - May 2020. Correlational analyses showed that identification with the mutual aid group was linked to more positive group perceptions and better self-reported psychological outcomes. Perceived group politicization showed the reverse pattern. Mixed support for the "social cure" model was evident; the effect of group identification on coping self-efficacy (but not anxiety) was serially mediated by perceived support and collective efficacy. Perceived group politicization was a significant moderator, seeming to amplify the indirect effect of group identification on coping self-efficacy via perceived support. Results are discussed in light of previous empirical work on the social cure and Covid-19 mutual aid groups. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.
在疫情伊始，互助组织在英国乃至全球的社区中发展并动员起来，以便为弱势社区成员提供实际帮助和情感支持，有些人从政治角度理解他们的工作。本研究采用“社会治愈”视角，调查群体认同和群体认知对英国新冠疫情互助组织成员焦虑和应对自我效能感的影响。2020年4月至5月“封锁”限制初期，从这些组织中自我认定的成员（n = 844）收集了调查数据。相关分析表明，对互助组织的认同与更积极的群体认知以及更好的自我报告心理结果相关。感知到的群体政治化呈现相反模式。对“社会治愈”模型的支持喜忧参半；群体认同对应对自我效能感（而非焦虑）的影响通过感知到的支持和集体效能感进行了系列中介。感知到的群体政治化是一个显著的调节变量，似乎放大了群体认同通过感知到的支持对应对自我效能感的间接影响。结合先前关于社会治愈和新冠疫情互助组织的实证研究对结果进行了讨论。请参考补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。
