National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic.
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Authors
Capraro, Valerio
Gelfand, Michele J
Birtel, Michèle D
Choma, Becky L
Cunningham, William A
Flichtentrei, Daniel
Gruber, June
Gualda, Estrella
Horiuchi, Yusaku
Israelashvili, Jacob
Jasko, Katarzyna
Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena
Mayiwar, Lewend
Mazepus, Honorata
Packer, Dominic J
Puthillam, Arathy
Santamaría-García, Hernando
Tewari, Shruti
Umbreș, Radu G
Vonasch, Andrew
Adler, Eli
Akrawi, Narin
Amodio, David M
Ay, F Ceren
Ba, Mouhamadou Hady
Berg, Anton
Bernstein, Michael
Bilancini, Ennio
Bogatyreva, Natalia
Cameron, C Daryl
Carvalho, Chrissie F
Celadin, Tatiana
Cerami, Chiara
Cheng, Xiaojun
Crespi, Chiara
Cypryańska, Marzena
Daniels, Michael A
Denkovski, Ognjan
Dezecache, Guillaume
Dhaliwal, Nathan A
Diato, Alelie B
Drosinou, Marianna
Ertan, Arhan S
Farhana, Hapsa Hossain
Fidanovski, Kristijan
Fraser, Shona
Fugelsang, Jonathan A
Garladinne, Prasad
Gkinopoulos, Theofilos
Gray, Kurt
Gronfeldt, Bjarki
Gümren, Mert
Gurung, Ranju Lama
Harris, Elizabeth
Hruška, Matej
Kachanoff, Frank
Dangol, Apsara Katuwal
Keudel, Oleksandra
Kubin, Emily
Kunnari, Anton
Kutiyski, Yordan
Laguna, Oscar
Levy, Jonathan
Levy, Neil
Li, Chunyun
Long, Elizabeth U
Longoni, Chiara
McCashin, Darragh
Mikloušić, Igor
El Mimouni, Soulaimane
Molina-Paredes, Juliana
Muda, Rafał
Myer, Annalisa
Nash, Kyle
Ohtsubo, Yohsuke
Oldemburgo de Mello, Victoria
O'Madagain, Cathal
Onderco, Michal
Palacios-Galvez, M Soledad
Papp, Zsófia
Pärnamets, Philip
Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola
Prasad, Rajib
Rathje, Steve
Rêgo, Gabriel G
Robertson, Claire E
Salvador-Ginez, Octavio
Santi, Gaia C
Santiago-Tovar, Natalia
Savage, David
Scheffer, Julian A
Schutte, Enid M
Sharma, Madhavi
Sharma, Pujan
Stoyanova, Kristina K
Strickland, Brent
Thomas, Jeffrey P
Traast, Iris J
Ungson, Nick D
Uysal, Mete S
van Rooy, Dirk
Verkoeijen, Peter
Vieira, Joana B
Wetter, Erik
Yogeeswaran, Kumar
Zwaan, Rolf A
Boggio, Paulo S
Publication Date
2022-01-26Journal Title
Nat Commun
ISSN
2041-1723
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Van Bavel, J. J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Sjåstad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Pavlović, T., Alfano, M., et al. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic.. Nat Commun, 13 (1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9
Abstract
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-May 2020). Respondents who reported identifying more strongly with their nation consistently reported greater engagement in public health behaviours and support for public health policies. Results were similar for representative and non-representative national samples. Study 2 (N = 42 countries) conceptually replicated the central finding using aggregate indices of national identity (obtained using the World Values Survey) and a measure of actual behaviour change during the pandemic (obtained from Google mobility reports). Higher levels of national identification prior to the pandemic predicted lower mobility during the early stage of the pandemic (r = -0.40). We discuss the potential implications of links between national identity, leadership, and public health for managing COVID-19 and future pandemics.
Keywords
Humans, Health Behavior, Social Conformity, Social Identification, Leadership, Public Health, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Self Report, Pandemics, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Sponsorship
Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) (2018/29/B/HS6/02826, 2015/19/B/HS6/01253)
Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond (Aarhus University Research Foundation) (AUFF-E-201 9-9-4, 28207)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/R010668/1)
Medical Research Council (MR/P014097/1)
Gouvernement du Canada | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada) (130760, SSHRC-506547, 435-2012-1135)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) (71602163, 71972065)
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) (ANR-17-EURE-0017, ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL, ANR-17-EURE-0010)
Carlsbergfondet (Carlsberg Foundation) (CF20-0044)
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja (Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia) (47010)
Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja (Slovak Research and Development Agency) (APVV-17-0596)
Austrian Science Fund FWF (I3381)
Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) (2018-00877)
John Templeton Foundation (JTF) (61378)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (EXC 2052/1 - 390713894)
Identifiers
PMC8792004, 35082277
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/334487
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