Unlocking collective cooperation in the midst of COVID‐19: The role of social support in predicting the social class disparity in cooperation

• DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12514
• Publication Date: 2021-12-20T08:04:06Z
• Authors: Porntida Tanjitpi...; Belén Álvarez; Jolanda Jetten; Sarah V. Bentley; Bruno Gabriel Sal...; Charlie R. Crimston; Octavia Ionescu; Somboon Jarukasem...; Henning Krug; Hema Preya Selvan...; Niklas K. Steffens; Zhechen Wang; Susilo Wibisono
• Keywords: Pandemic

We examined whether (the lack of) social support can explain why researchers have found lower rates of adherence to follow public health guidelines amongst people who perceived themselves as coming from class backgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, we surveyed 5818 participants 10 countries first wave lock-down. Contrary previous findings, was not related general regulations or desire engage in citizenship behaviours (e.g., showing initiatives help others pandemic). However, evidence an indirect effect whereby those higher were more likely be both recipient and provider which turn predicted greater earlier Our findings highlight importance unlocking potential for collective cooperation (i.e., rules behaviours). They suggest that instead enforcing strict regulations, government authorities need address existing barriers within income communities facilitate everyone community.