Many charities are appealing for donations to address problems caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Two survey studies (total N = 500) tested predictors of donation intentions of British participants to help those suffering from the crisis in Britain (ingroup donations) and overseas (outgroup donations). Perceptions of international, global common fate in our success in managing and overcoming the crisis was positively associated with prosocial intentions towards both national ingroup and outgroup targets. In contrast, a desire to ‘close ranks’ within the national ingroup in the face of the pandemic threat was associated with more prosocial intentions towards national ingroup targets only, but it was associated with fewer prosocial intentions towards outgroup targets. This suggests that a focus on global solidarity (in the form of global common fate and identification with all humans) has positive effects on helping both within and across group boundaries, whereas a focus on national solidarity (in the form of ‘closing ranks’ in the face of the pandemic threat) has positive effects on helping within the national group but negative effects on prosocial tendencies towards outgroup members. The effect of perceived global common fate on both ingroup and outgroup helping was mediated by identification with all of humanity. Findings are discussed in terms of practical implications for managing the COVID-19 crisis. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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COVID-19 期间的亲社会性：以全球为重点的团结比以全国为重点的团结带来更大的好处

许多慈善机构正在呼吁捐款以解决由 COVID-19 危机引起的问题。两项调查研究（总共N  = 500）测试了英国参与者的捐赠意向预测因素，以帮助那些在英国（内部捐赠）和海外（外部捐赠）遭受危机的人。在我们成功管理和克服危机的过程中，对国际和全球共同命运的看法与对国家内群体和外群体目标的亲社会意图呈正相关。相比之下，面对大流行威胁，在国家内部群体中“紧密团结”的愿望仅与对国家内部群体目标的更多亲社会意图有关，但与更少外群体目标的亲社会意图。这表明，关注全球团结（以全球共同命运和对所有人的认同的形式）对帮助群体内部和跨越群体边界具有积极影响，而关注国家团结（以“封闭队伍”的形式）面对大流行的威胁）对在国家群体内部提供帮助具有积极影响，但对针对外群体成员的亲社会倾向产生负面影响。感知到的全球共同命运对内群体和外群体帮助的影响是通过对全人类的认同来调节的。调查结果对管理 COVID-19 危机的实际意义进行了讨论。请参阅补充材料部分以查找本文的社区和社会影响声明。