Communities are vital sources of support during crisis, providing collective contexts for shared identity and solidarity that predict supportive, prosocial responses. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a global health crisis capable of exerting a heavy toll on the mental health of community members while inducing unwelcome levels of social disconnection. Simultaneously, lockdown restrictions have forced vulnerable community members to depend upon the support of fellow residents. Fortunately, voluntary helping can be beneficial to the well-being of the helper as well as the recipient, offering beneficial collective solutions. Using insights from social identity approaches to volunteering and disaster responses, this study explored whether the opportunity to engage in helping fellow community members may be both unifying and beneficial for those engaging in coordinated community helping. Survey data collected in the UK during June 2020 showed that coordinated community helping predicted the psychological bonding of community members by building a sense of community identification and unity during the pandemic, which predicted increased well-being and reduced depression and anxiety. Implications for the promotion and support of voluntary helping initiatives in the context of longer-term responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are provided. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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危机期间社区帮助的心理健康益处：COVID-19 大流行期间的协调帮助、社区认同和团结感

社区是危机期间的重要支持来源，为共享身份和团结提供集体环境，预测支持性、亲社会反应。COVID-19 大流行引发了一场全球健康危机，能够对社区成员的心理健康造成沉重打击，同时引发不受欢迎的社会脱节。同时，封锁限制迫使弱势社区成员依赖同胞的支持。幸运的是，自愿帮助可以有益于帮助者和接受者的福祉，提供有益的集体解决方案。利用社会认同方法的洞察力进行志愿服务和灾难响应，本研究探讨了参与帮助社区成员的机会是否可能对参与协调社区帮助的人既团结又有益。2020 年 6 月在英国收集的调查数据显示，协调社区通过在大流行期间建立社区认同感和团结感来帮助预测社区成员的心理联系，这预示着幸福感增加，抑郁和焦虑减少。提供了在长期应对 COVID-19 大流行的背景下促进和支持自愿帮助计划的意义。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。2020 年 6 月在英国收集的调查数据显示，协调社区通过在大流行期间建立社区认同感和团结感来帮助预测社区成员的心理联系，这预示着幸福感增加，抑郁和焦虑减少。提供了在长期应对 COVID-19 大流行的背景下促进和支持自愿帮助计划的意义。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。2020 年 6 月在英国收集的调查数据显示，协调社区通过在大流行期间建立社区认同感和团结感来帮助预测社区成员的心理联系，这预示着幸福感增加，抑郁和焦虑减少。提供了在长期应对 COVID-19 大流行的背景下促进和支持自愿帮助计划的意义。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。提供了在长期应对 COVID-19 大流行的背景下促进和支持自愿帮助计划的意义。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。提供了在长期应对 COVID-19 大流行的背景下促进和支持自愿帮助计划的意义。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。