ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, BRU-IUL, Portugal; and Universidade Europeia, Lisbon, Portugal.
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; and Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Dec;127(6):2736-2761. doi: 10.1177/00332941221123777. Epub 2022 Aug 28.
The COVID -19 pandemic dramatically affected people's lives. In this study, we explored the role of social and personal factors underlying individuals' adaptive responses during the critical onset period of the outbreak. In particular, we tested two models on the mediating role of health-protective behaviors in the relationship between social support, resilience, and helping behavior. A sample of 1085 participants from Portugal and Brazil took part in an online survey during the first wave of the pandemic. First, through an Exploratory Factor Analysis of the health-protective behaviors to prevent contagion by the coronavirus, we identified two distinct dimensions, one aggregating active protective behaviors and the other as avoidant behaviors. Secondly, we found that resilience and active protective behavior sequentially mediated the relationship between social support and willingness to help. In addition, a multigroup analysis showed that this mediational process was similar in both countries. Given the wide range of social and individual factors that may predict prosocial behaviors, we highlight the role of social support on the intention to help through resilience and active protective behaviors.
新冠疫情大流行极大地影响了人们的生活。在这项研究中，我们探讨了个体在疫情爆发的关键起始阶段适应反应背后的社会和个人因素的作用。特别是，我们测试了两个模型，以检验在社会支持、韧性和帮助行为与保护健康行为之间的关系中，健康保护行为的中介作用。来自葡萄牙和巴西的 1085 名参与者参加了疫情第一波期间的在线调查。首先，我们通过对预防冠状病毒感染的保护健康行为的探索性因素分析，确定了两个不同的维度，一个维度聚集了主动保护行为，另一个维度是回避行为。其次，我们发现韧性和积极的保护行为依次中介了社会支持与帮助意愿之间的关系。此外，多组分析表明，这一中介过程在两个国家是相似的。鉴于可能预测亲社会行为的社会和个人因素范围广泛，我们强调了通过韧性和积极的保护行为，社会支持对帮助意愿的作用。
