Socio-economic position and local solidarity in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of informal helping arrangements in Germany

Bertogg, Ariane; Koos, Sebastian

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100612

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“…Under conditions of COVID-19, loneliness rates were elevated whilst the need for support as well as the need to help others was highly salient (13, 76, 93). Data collected during the pandemic demonstrated that, despite restrictions, people still endeavored to support each other (94), with evidence from across the globe of volunteering and the emergence of community-based mutual aid groups (95-97). Despite some acts of support making the headlines [such as the Clap for our Carers movement in the UK, (98)], the vast majority occurred at more local levels, and involved shopping, dog-walking, and other forms of emotional, informational or logistical support (99).…”

Section: Receipt and Provision Of Social Support During The Covid-pan...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Double jeopardy: How lower levels of support during COVID-19 exacerbated the relationship between loneliness and distress

Bentley

Young²,

Álvarez³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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While the relationship between loneliness and psychological distress is well documented, the mechanisms underlying this relationship are less clear. One factor known to be related to loneliness as well as psychological distress, is social support, with some studies suggesting that support–both received and provided–can serve as a mechanism to reduce the distress associated with loneliness. In this paper we examine the mediating role of both aspects of support in the relationship between loneliness and psychological distress in the COVID-19 context. We used a multi-country dataset collected at two timepoints during the pandemic; the first during the early stages (N = 6,842, 11 countries) and the second collected for a subset of countries (N = 1,299, 3 countries) 3 months later. Across all eleven countries, results revealed significant positive associations between loneliness and distress. Furthermore, using longitudinal data, we investigated the directionality of this relationship and found that increased loneliness over time was associated with increased psychological distress. The data also showed that both feeling unsupported and feeling unable to provide support to others mediated this relationship. These findings point to the need to facilitate people's ability to draw effective social support and help others–particularly at times when social connectedness is threatened–as a way of alleviating the psychological distress that commonly presents with loneliness.

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Section: Receipt and Provision Of Social Support During The Covid-pan...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Double jeopardy: How lower levels of support during COVID-19 exacerbated the relationship between loneliness and distress

Bentley

Young²,

Álvarez³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…We chose these measures for their relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, mutual aid increased in numerous countries (Ntontis & Rocha, 2020) during lockdowns (the United Kingdom: Stansfield et al, 2020; Germany: Bertogg & Koos, 2021; Italy, Spain, and France: Arpino et al, 2020), including in France, where mutual support networks (e.g., shopping, childcare) sprang up all across the country (see Wedemain; https://www.wedemain.fr/partager/solidarite-ces-nouveaux-reseaux-dentraide-nes-du-coronavirus/). At the same time, health care rationing became a prominent issue in many countries (Pinho, 2020) and was widely discussed in the media.…”

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confidence: 99%

Caught COVID-19? Covidiot!

2022

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Abstract. Many governments’ COVID-19 prevention messages highlighted individual accountability and the stigmatization of individuals who violate lockdown rules. The present study examined French people’s ( N = 567) attributions of humanness to and willingness to punish (i.e., whether the target deserved medical care, helping intentions toward the target) an individual who respected versus violated the rules of the country’s first (March to May) versus second (November to December) lockdowns. Participants attributed less humanness to and were more willing to punish the deviant target than the compliant target. These effects were stronger during the first lockdown than during the second lockdown. Perceived threat of COVID-19 to the national ingroup moderated these effects, and attributions of humanness mediated willingness to punish the target.

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“…They also strongly highlighted the debate over NSR. The pandemic exposed just how much the economic security of the middle class has been at risk over the last decades (Ranci et al, 2021;Bertogg and Koos, 2021). The outbreak increased the need for care provision suddenly and unprecedentedly, both inside and outside the home (Craig, 2020).…”

Section: The Southern European Model and Its Resilience In The Face O...mentioning

confidence: 99%

impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society in southern Europe: the case of social innovation in the care of early childhood in Barcelona

Maestripieri¹,

Calderón²

2022

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A distinctive role of family care defines the southern European welfare models. Several studies have highlighted the functional overload for families with children under three years old, in which unpaid work is mainly provided by women (even when they work full time), in a context in which the public and private childcare provision is insufficient to meet families' needs. In Barcelona, the emergence of socially innovative projects has partially covered the demand for 0-3 childcare. These projects are based on communities of care made up of parents and educators. However, COVID-19 has severely impacted the participants in social innovations such as childminders, free-education nurseries, and community care groups. Educators working in these projects struggled to survive economically when the 2020 spring lockdown forced them to close, while the closures obliged mothers to juggle work with care. This article presents the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mothers and educators involved in socially innovative 0-3 childcare projects in Barcelona. The paper uses qualitative and quantitative empirical material gathered between May 2020 and June 2021: interviews with representatives of childcare associations, educators and mothers (before and after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Spain), and a survey with mothers with children under three (after the lockdown). The results of our investigation show that the communities behind the projects constituted a crucial resource. Parents and educators helped each other, sharing care and financial resources to keep the projects going and find new solutions to the work-family balance.

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Socio-economic position and local solidarity in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of informal helping arrangements in Germany

Cited by 38 publications

References 56 publications

Double jeopardy: How lower levels of support during COVID-19 exacerbated the relationship between loneliness and distress

Double jeopardy: How lower levels of support during COVID-19 exacerbated the relationship between loneliness and distress

Caught COVID-19? Covidiot!

impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society in southern Europe: the case of social innovation in the care of early childhood in Barcelona

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