Prosocial and Positive Health Behaviors During a Period of Chronic Stress Protect Socioemotional Well-Being.

ABSTRACT: Behavior that helps, supports, or protects others-or prosocial behavior-has emerged as a health-relevant behavior that can promote the giver's well-being, yet whether prosocial behavior protects against the effects of a major, ongoing chronic stressor warrants further examination. Thus, in the context of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, we examined whether two types of behaviors-those enacted to prevent the spread of disease to the self and others (positive health behaviors) and those enacted to promote others' psychological and financial well-being (prosocial behaviors)-might protect well-being over time. Using a longitudinal survey method, 745 participants (M _age = 62.87 years) reported their engagement in positive health behaviors, prosocial behaviors, and socioemotional we

SUBMITTER: Inagaki TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761962 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature