Adult Educational Sciences, 70493Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy.
Res Aging. 2023 Jan;45(1):8-20. doi: 10.1177/01640275221105231. Epub 2022 May 30.
This study aimed to understand whether older adults not only received but also provided help during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium, which factors motivated them to help, and whether older adults differed from younger age groups in terms of helping behavior and motives. Bivariate analyses were performed using data generated from an online cross-sectional survey in Belgium ( = ).The results showed that older adults who received help also provided it. This "interdependence" - mutual or reciprocal dependence - occurred regardless of age. In terms of motives for providing help, both older adults and their younger peers were primarily motivated by present-oriented and emotion-related motivation: older people were motivated to provide help by altruistic values and humanism, and enhancement motives linked to self-development.Policy implications of these results entail: during crisis situations, make use of the bond between older adults and their neighbors, such as caring communities.
本研究旨在了解在比利时的第一次 COVID-19 封锁期间,老年人是否不仅接受了帮助,还提供了帮助,激励他们提供帮助的因素有哪些,以及老年人在帮助行为和动机方面是否与年轻群体有所不同。使用在比利时进行的在线横断面调查生成的数据进行了双变量分析(n=1,021)。结果表明,接受过帮助的老年人也提供了帮助。这种“相互依存”——相互或互惠的依赖——与年龄无关。就提供帮助的动机而言,老年人和他们的年轻同伴主要受到面向现在和与情绪相关的动机的驱动:老年人出于利他主义价值观和人道主义精神以及与自我发展相关的增强动机而提供帮助。这些结果带来的政策影响包括:在危机情况下,利用老年人与其邻居之间的联系,例如关怀社区。