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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of instrumental help by older people across Europe

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2022
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 introduced new challenges to social cohesion across Europe. Epidemiological control measures instituted in almost all European countries have impacted the possibility to provide help to others.
Michael Bergmann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with instrumental support in transitional care among older people with chronic disease: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2022
Background Instrumental support, which is defined as practical, tangible, and informational assistance extended to patients, is crucial for older people in transition. However, little is known about instrumental support in transitional care.
Min Cui   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Young Children’s Indiscriminate Helping Behavior Toward a Humanoid Robot

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Young children help others in a range of situations, relatively indiscriminate of the characteristics of those they help. Recent results have suggested that young children’s helping behavior extends even to humanoid robots.
Dorothea U. Martin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Musical Activities, Prosocial Behaviors, and Executive Function Skills of Kindergarten Children

open access: yesMusic & Science, 2021
Prosocial behaviors and executive function are staples of child development. Engagement in music has been associated with enhanced prosocial behaviors and executive function skills in children and youth.
Beatriz Ilari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tom Brown’s schooldays: ‘sportsex’ in Victorian Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Thomas Hughes’ idealised vision of life at Rugby public school is one of the best-known novels in the English language. It was regarded from the outset as a founding text of ‘muscular Christianity’.
Harvey, Andy
core   +1 more source

Ownership, Control and Corporate Performance After Large-Scale Privatization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
We analyze the effects of ownership type and concentration on performance of a population of firms in a model large-scale privatization economy (Czech Republic).
Hanousek, Jan   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Means-Inference as a Source of Variability in Early Helping

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Humans, as compared to their primate relatives, readily act on behalf of others: we help, inform, share resources with, and provide emotional comfort for others.
Sophie Bridgers, Hyowon Gweon
doaj   +1 more source

Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in household surveys for better economics and better policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Distance and location are important determinants of many choices that economists study. While these variables can sometimes be obtained from secondary data, economists often rely on information that is self-reported by respondents in surveys.
Gibson, John, McKenzie, David
core   +2 more sources

The Support to Improve Self Efficacy and Healing of Drugs Addict [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Appropriate counseling and education can be adopted to achieve a change in attitude, knowledge and perception. Still there is a wrong perception of a given intervention.
Murti, B. (Bhisma)   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Varieties of Young Children’s Prosocial Behavior in Zambia: The Role of Cognitive Ability, Wealth, and Inequality Beliefs

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
By the 3rd year of life, young children engage in a variety of prosocial behaviors, including helping others attain their goals (instrumental helping), responding to others’ emotional needs (comforting), and sharing resources (costly giving). Recent work
Nadia Chernyak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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