Article ; Online: Aging, Empathy, and Prosocial Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
2021 Volume 77, Issue 4, Page(s) e57–e63
Abstract: ... empathy and prosocial behaviors for a study assessing their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic ... of socioemotional goals and substantiate that findings of age differences in prosocial behaviors occur during ... prosociality relationship occur during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, or might the pandemic ...
| Abstract | Objectives: Previous literature suggests age-related increases in prosociality. Does such an age-prosociality relationship occur during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, or might the pandemic-as a stressor that may differently influence young and older adults-create a boundary condition on the relationship? If so, can empathy, a well-known prosocial disposition, explain the age-prosociality relationship? This study investigated these questions and whether the target (distant others compared to close others) of prosocial behaviors differs by age. Methods: Participants completed a series of surveys on dispositional empathy and prosocial behaviors for a study assessing their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 330 participants (aged 18-89) from the United States who completed all of the surveys included in the present analyses. Results: Age was positively related to greater prosociality during the pandemic. Although empathy was positively associated with individuals' prosociality, it did not account for the age-prosociality association. Interestingly, increasing age was associated with greater prosocial behaviors toward close others (i.e., family, friends). Discussion: Results are discussed in the context of socioemotional goals and substantiate that findings of age differences in prosocial behaviors occur during the period of limited resources and threat associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Aging/psychology ; Altruism ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Empathy ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Social Behavior | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2021-07-06 | |||||
| Publishing country | United States | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 1223664-0 | |||||
| ISSN | 1758-5368 ; 1079-5014 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1758-5368 | |||||
| ISSN | 1079-5014 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1093/geronb/gbab140 | |||||
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| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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