The Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in the United States has compiled altruistic stories from different countries such as India, Australia, the United States, and England since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined those stories to understand (1) who receives the most support, (2) what type of support is provided, (3) who those supporters are, and (4) why people support each other during the pandemic. Conducting a qualitative content analysis of 104 altruistic stories, we first identified that (a) older individuals , (b) people with sensitive health conditions, and disabilities, (c) frontline workers, and (d) working class and marginalized communities received the primary support. Second, we identified three types of support: (a) material, (b) social/emotional, and (c) psychological. Third, we found that support was coming from (a) different organizations, (b) advantaged groups, and (c) volunteers. Last, (a) sharing a community/humanity identity, (b) allyship, and (c) showing gratitude were the reasons behind altruistic and prosocial behavior. Our findings contribute to the literature by providing some possible reasons and ways that allies have supported disadvantaged communities via sharing the available resources and how showing gratitude can be a reason for altruism and prosocial behavior in a pandemic.

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人们如何在紧急情况下相互支持？在 COVID-19 大流行期间对利他和亲社会行为的定性探索

自 COVID-19 大流行爆发以来，美国鲍尔州立大学和平与冲突研究中心汇编了来自印度、澳大利亚、美国和英国等不同国家的无私故事。我们检查了这些故事，以了解 (1) 谁获得了最多的支持，(2) 提供了哪些类型的支持，(3) 这些支持者是谁，以及 (4) 为什么人们在大流行期间相互支持。对 104 个利他故事进行定性内容分析，我们首先确定 (a) 老年人，(b) 健康状况敏感和残疾的人，(c) 一线工人，以及 (d) 工人阶级和边缘化社区支持。其次，我们确定了三种类型的支持：(a) 物质支持，(b) 社会/情感支持，以及 (c) 心理支持。第三，我们发现支持来自 (a) 不同的组织、(b) 优势群体和 (c) 志愿者。最后，（a）分享社区/人类身份，（b）盟友，和（c）表达感激之情是利他和亲社会行为背后的原因。我们的研究结果通过提供一些可能的原因和方式来为文献做出贡献，这些原因和方式表明盟友通过共享可用资源来支持弱势社区，以及表达感激之情如何成为大流行中利他主义和亲社会行为的原因。