Open AccessProsocial Behaviors Among the Vietnamese Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Social Education Programs
Author(s) -
Trang Vu Thu,
Dung Vu,
Kyesun Lee,
Lan Nguyen Thi,
Nguyet Le Minh,
Phan Phung Dinh Bao,
Ngoc Tran Hoang Thi Diem,
Long Nguyen Xuan,
Nam Pham Tien
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the open psychology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1874-3501
DOI - 10.2174/1874350102114010342
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , vietnamese , psychology , respondent , pandemic , population , covid-19 , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Objective: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of prosocial behaviors and to examine associated factors among the Vietnamese people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Two hundred and ninety-two Vietnamese people participated in the study through web-based respondent network sampling. Result: Findings showed that the prevalence of high prosocial behaviors was 75.3%. Conclusion: In the multivariable regression models, significant factors for prosocial behaviors were institutional trust and age. Implications for social education programs were also discussed in this study.