Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups

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dc.contributor.authorPerach, Rotem
dc.contributor.authorFernandes-Jesus, Maria
dc.contributor.authorMiranda, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMao, Guanlan
dc.contributor.authorNtontis, Evangelos
dc.contributor.authorCocking, Chris
dc.contributor.authorMcTague, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSemlyen, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorDrury, John
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:10:22Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:10:22Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMutual aid groups have been a critical part of the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) response and continue to address the needs of people in their communities. To understand how mutual aid and similar community support groups can be sustained over time, we test the idea that using group-based strategies initiates psychological trajectories that shape future participation. We conducted a preregistered longitudinal survey among Covid-19 mutual aid and community support volunteers in the United Kingdom (n(Wave 1) = 600, May 2021; n(Wave 2) = 299, July-August 2021) who were registered panelists of an independent research organization. Assessments included measures of group-based strategies, collective participation predictors, participation experience, and sustained participation. Volunteers engaged in a wide range of support activities including shopping, emotional support provision, and deliveries. Two group-based strategies-group alliances and group horizontality-longitudinally predicted sustained participation. In addition, sense of community responsibility and burnout were longitudinal predictors of sustained participation. Importantly, predictors of sustained participation diverged for volunteers with different levels of volunteering experience. Our findings highlight group-based strategies as a potential resource for organizers seeking to sustain participation. Use can be tailored depending on the profiles of individual Covid-19 mutual aid volunteers. These findings have significance beyond Covid-19 as they are relevant to sustaining community resilience more generally.
dc.description.funderUK Research and Innovation/Economic and Social Research Council
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jasp.12995
dc.identifier.eissn1559-1816
dc.identifier.issn0021-9029
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12995
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92063
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001005903700001
dc.issue.numero11
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1075
dc.pagina.inicio1059
dc.revistaJournal of applied social psychology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleCan group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen53
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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