Prosocial Behaviors Among the Vietnamese Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Social Education Programs

Thu, Trang Vu; Vu, Dung; Lee, Kyesun; Thi Mai, Lan Nguyen; Minh, Nguyet Le; Dinh Bao, Phan Phung; Hoang Thi Diem, Ngoc Tran; Xuan, Long Nguyen; Tien, Nam Pham

Prosocial Behaviors Among the Vietnamese Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Social Education Programs

Trang Vu Thu^{1, *}, Dung Vu², Kyesun Lee³, Lan Nguyen Thi Mai², Nguyet Le Minh¹, Phan Phung Dinh Bao⁴, Ngoc Tran Hoang Thi Diem³, Long Nguyen Xuan⁵, Nam Pham Tien⁶

¹ National University of Education, Hanoi City, Vietnam

² Institute of Psychology, Hanoi City, Vietnam

³ Department of Korean Language, Thanglong University, Hanoi City, Vietnam

⁴ University of Education, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam

⁵ University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi City, Vietnam

⁶ Hanoi University of Public Health, Faculty of Social Work, Hanoi City, Vietnam

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Year: 2021
Volume: 14
First Page: 342
Last Page: 350
Publisher ID: TOPSYJ-14-342
DOI: 10.2174/1874350102114010342

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Received Date: 28/6/2021
Revision Received Date: 9/11/2021
Acceptance Date: 29/11/2021
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2021
Collection year: 2021

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^* Address correspondence to this author at the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi City, Vietnam; Tel: 0964525858; E-mail: trangvuthu90@gmail.com

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The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of prosocial behaviors and to examine associated factors among the Vietnamese people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Two hundred and ninety-two Vietnamese people participated in the study through web-based respondent network sampling.

Result:

Findings showed that the prevalence of high prosocial behaviors was 75.3%.

Conclusion:

In the multivariable regression models, significant factors for prosocial behaviors were institutional trust and age. Implications for social education programs were also discussed in this study.

Keywords: Prosocial behavior, Institutional trust, COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese population, Social education program, Social community.

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