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Perach, Rotem, Fernandes-Jesus, Maria, Miranda, Daniel, Mao, Guanlan, Ntontis, Evangelos, Cocking, Chris, McTague, Michael, Semlyen, Joanna 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-1344 and Drury, John
(2023)
Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53 (11).
pp. 1059-1075.
ISSN 0021-9029
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Abstract
Mutual 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 (nWave 1 = 600, May 2021; nWave 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding information: This work was supported by the UK Research and Innovation/Economic and Social Research Council (grant reference number ES/V005383/1). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | social psychology,sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2023 12:31 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2023 02:23 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/92410 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jasp.12995 |
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