“Let the strongest survive”: Ageism and social Darwinism as barriers to supporting policies to benefit older individuals

B Kanık, ÖM Uluğ, N Solak… - Journal of Social …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) identified+ 65 individuals as one of the most
vulnerable populations in the current pandemic. Previous research has shown a robust …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian social connections: A thematic analysis

C Lowe, M Rafiq, LJ MacKay… - Journal of Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a
worldwide pandemic. Responses to the pandemic response disrupted Canadian social …

[HTML][HTML] 'When you give kindness out, you get it back ten times more': Ontario adults' prosocial behaviour during the first 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic

KJ Shillington, J Yates, LM Vanderloo, SM Burke, V Ng… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a collective opportunity to engage in prosocial
behaviours, including kindness; however, little is known about the long-term impacts of the …

Motivations, Relationships, Health and Quality of Life of Older Volunteers in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

M Socci, A Principi, M Di Rosa, S Quattrini, D Lucantoni - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Within the active ageing framework, this study was carried out during the COVID-19
pandemic on older volunteers, in order to explore the possible relation between, on the one …

How can covid mutual aid groups be sustained over time? The UK experience

J Drury, M Fernandes-Jesus, G Mao… - … Responses to Covid …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
There was a sharp rise in informal social support activities in local communities in the UK
during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020–2021. One survey, in May 2020, found that 10 …

Reflection of Types of Prosocial Behavior During COVID-19 in Collectivistic Asian Countries—India and Indonesia

S Shukla, SK Mishra… - Qualitative Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has widened the gap between victims and non-
victims in society. Understanding how individuals support and assist COVID-19 sufferers in a …

[HTML][HTML] Individual and collective protective responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 different countries: Results from the EUCLID online …

JE Koller, K Villinger, NC Lages, P Absetz… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background In times of unprecedented infectious disease threats, it is essential to
understand how to increase individual protective behaviors and support for collective …

[HTML][HTML] When omicron knocks at door: An inverted U-shape relationship between virus proximity and prosocial behavior

C Zhang, L Qian, W Yu, JQ Hu, X Lu - Fundamental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The literature suggests inconsistent evidence regarding the influence of danger on prosocial
behavior. We explore this issue through a nationwide survey of 8,567 households in China …

[HTML][HTML] Attitudes towards Afghan refugees and immigrants in Turkey: A Twitter analysis

ÖM Uluğ, B Kanık, S Tekin, GD Uyanık… - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Data generated by social media platforms such as Twitter provide a unique opportunity to
examine large-scale public communication produced spontaneously and in real-time, and …

Kindness in shared trauma during times of crisis: breaking the barriers of resilience among faculty and students

JL Cartee - Communication Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the spring semester of 2020, at the peak of campus closures, more than 1,300 universities
in the United States shifted from a traditional campus environment to an online delivery …