Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries
- Autores
- Andrighetto, Giulia; Szekely, Aron; Guido, Andrea; Gelfand, Michele; Abernathy, Jered; Arikan, Gizem; Aycan, Zeynep; Bankar, Shweta; Barrera, Davide; Basnight Brown, Dana; Belaus, Anabel; Berezina, Elizaveta; Blumen, Sheyla; Boski, Paweł; Bui, Huyen Thi Thu; Cárdenas, Juan Camilo; Čekrlija, Đorđe; de Barra, Mícheál; de Zoysa, Piyanjali; Dorrough, Angela; Engelmann, Jan B.; Euh, Hyun; Fiedler, Susann; Foster Gimbel, Olivia; Reyna, Cecilia; Van Lange, Paul A. M.; Winata, Fiona Fira; Zein, Rizqy Amelia; Zhang, Qing-peng; Eriksson, Kimmo
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- 2024
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- inglés
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- The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which societies generally have strong norms), specific social norms (e.g. stealing, hand washing), and norms about enforcement, using survey data from 30,431 respondents in 43 countries recorded before and in the early stages following the emergence of COVID-19. Using variation in disease intensity, we shed light on the mechanisms predicting changes in social norm measures. We find evidence that, after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, hand washing norms increased while tightness and punishing frequency slightly decreased but observe no evidence for a robust change in most other norms. Thus, at least in the short term, our findings suggest that cultures are largely stable to pandemic threats except in those norms, hand washing in this case, that are perceived to be directly relevant to dealing with the collective threat.
Fil: Andrighetto, Giulia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Institute for Analytical Sociology; Suecia
Fil: Szekely, Aron. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Collegio Carlo Alberto; Italia
Fil: Guido, Andrea. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté; Francia
Fil: Gelfand, Michele. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos
Fil: Abernathy, Jered. University of South Carolina; Estados Unidos
Fil: Arikan, Gizem. Trinity College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Aycan, Zeynep. Koç University; Turquía
Fil: Bankar, Shweta. Ashoka University; India
Fil: Barrera, Davide. Collegio Carlo Alberto; Italia. Universita Degli Studi Di Torino. Dipartamento Di Cultur, Politica E Societa; Italia
Fil: Basnight Brown, Dana. United States International University; Kenia
Fil: Belaus, Anabel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina
Fil: Berezina, Elizaveta. Sunway University; Malasia
Fil: Blumen, Sheyla. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; Perú
Fil: Boski, Paweł. SWPS University; Polonia
Fil: Bui, Huyen Thi Thu. Hanoi National University of Education; Vietnam
Fil: Cárdenas, Juan Camilo. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia. University of Massachusetts Amherst; Estados Unidos
Fil: Čekrlija, Đorđe. University of Banja Luka; Bosnia y Herzegovina. University of Greifswald; Alemania
Fil: de Barra, Mícheál. Brunel University London; Reino Unido
Fil: de Zoysa, Piyanjali. University of Colombo; Sri Lanka
Fil: Dorrough, Angela. Universitat zu Köln; Alemania
Fil: Engelmann, Jan B.. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos
Fil: Euh, Hyun. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fiedler, Susann. Vienna University of Economics and Business; Austria
Fil: Foster Gimbel, Olivia. The State University of New Jersey; Estados Unidos. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos. University of Kentucky; Estados Unidos
Fil: Reyna, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina
Fil: Van Lange, Paul A. M.. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Países Bajos
Fil: Winata, Fiona Fira. Universitas Airlangga; Indonesia
Fil: Zein, Rizqy Amelia. Universitas Airlangga; Indonesia
Fil: Zhang, Qing-peng. Guangzhou University; China
Fil: Eriksson, Kimmo. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Stockholms Universitet; Suecia. Malardalens University; Suecia - Materia
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Social norms
COVID-19
Cross-cultural studies - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countriesAndrighetto, GiuliaSzekely, AronGuido, AndreaGelfand, MicheleAbernathy, JeredArikan, GizemAycan, ZeynepBankar, ShwetaBarrera, DavideBasnight Brown, DanaBelaus, AnabelBerezina, ElizavetaBlumen, SheylaBoski, PawełBui, Huyen Thi ThuCárdenas, Juan CamiloČekrlija, Đorđede Barra, Mícheálde Zoysa, PiyanjaliDorrough, AngelaEngelmann, Jan B.Euh, HyunFiedler, SusannFoster Gimbel, OliviaReyna, CeciliaVan Lange, Paul A. M.Winata, Fiona FiraZein, Rizqy AmeliaZhang, Qing-pengEriksson, KimmoSocial normsCOVID-19Cross-cultural studieshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which societies generally have strong norms), specific social norms (e.g. stealing, hand washing), and norms about enforcement, using survey data from 30,431 respondents in 43 countries recorded before and in the early stages following the emergence of COVID-19. Using variation in disease intensity, we shed light on the mechanisms predicting changes in social norm measures. We find evidence that, after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, hand washing norms increased while tightness and punishing frequency slightly decreased but observe no evidence for a robust change in most other norms. Thus, at least in the short term, our findings suggest that cultures are largely stable to pandemic threats except in those norms, hand washing in this case, that are perceived to be directly relevant to dealing with the collective threat.Fil: Andrighetto, Giulia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Institute for Analytical Sociology; SueciaFil: Szekely, Aron. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Collegio Carlo Alberto; ItaliaFil: Guido, Andrea. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté; FranciaFil: Gelfand, Michele. University of Stanford; Estados UnidosFil: Abernathy, Jered. University of South Carolina; Estados UnidosFil: Arikan, Gizem. Trinity College Dublin; IrlandaFil: Aycan, Zeynep. Koç University; TurquíaFil: Bankar, Shweta. Ashoka University; IndiaFil: Barrera, Davide. Collegio Carlo Alberto; Italia. Universita Degli Studi Di Torino. Dipartamento Di Cultur, Politica E Societa; ItaliaFil: Basnight Brown, Dana. United States International University; KeniaFil: Belaus, Anabel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; ArgentinaFil: Berezina, Elizaveta. Sunway University; MalasiaFil: Blumen, Sheyla. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; PerúFil: Boski, Paweł. SWPS University; PoloniaFil: Bui, Huyen Thi Thu. Hanoi National University of Education; VietnamFil: Cárdenas, Juan Camilo. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia. University of Massachusetts Amherst; Estados UnidosFil: Čekrlija, Đorđe. University of Banja Luka; Bosnia y Herzegovina. University of Greifswald; AlemaniaFil: de Barra, Mícheál. Brunel University London; Reino UnidoFil: de Zoysa, Piyanjali. University of Colombo; Sri LankaFil: Dorrough, Angela. Universitat zu Köln; AlemaniaFil: Engelmann, Jan B.. University of Amsterdam; Países BajosFil: Euh, Hyun. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados UnidosFil: Fiedler, Susann. Vienna University of Economics and Business; AustriaFil: Foster Gimbel, Olivia. The State University of New Jersey; Estados Unidos. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos. University of Kentucky; Estados UnidosFil: Reyna, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; ArgentinaFil: Van Lange, Paul A. M.. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Países BajosFil: Winata, Fiona Fira. Universitas Airlangga; IndonesiaFil: Zein, Rizqy Amelia. Universitas Airlangga; IndonesiaFil: Zhang, Qing-peng. Guangzhou University; ChinaFil: Eriksson, Kimmo. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Stockholms Universitet; Suecia. 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Andrighetto, Giulia Szekely, Aron Guido, Andrea Gelfand, Michele Abernathy, Jered Arikan, Gizem Aycan, Zeynep Bankar, Shweta Barrera, Davide Basnight Brown, Dana Belaus, Anabel Berezina, Elizaveta Blumen, Sheyla Boski, Paweł Bui, Huyen Thi Thu Cárdenas, Juan Camilo Čekrlija, Đorđe de Barra, Mícheál de Zoysa, Piyanjali Dorrough, Angela Engelmann, Jan B. Euh, Hyun Fiedler, Susann Foster Gimbel, Olivia Reyna, Cecilia Van Lange, Paul A. M. Winata, Fiona Fira Zein, Rizqy Amelia Zhang, Qing-peng Eriksson, Kimmo |
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The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which societies generally have strong norms), specific social norms (e.g. stealing, hand washing), and norms about enforcement, using survey data from 30,431 respondents in 43 countries recorded before and in the early stages following the emergence of COVID-19. Using variation in disease intensity, we shed light on the mechanisms predicting changes in social norm measures. We find evidence that, after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, hand washing norms increased while tightness and punishing frequency slightly decreased but observe no evidence for a robust change in most other norms. Thus, at least in the short term, our findings suggest that cultures are largely stable to pandemic threats except in those norms, hand washing in this case, that are perceived to be directly relevant to dealing with the collective threat. Fil: Andrighetto, Giulia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Institute for Analytical Sociology; Suecia Fil: Szekely, Aron. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Collegio Carlo Alberto; Italia Fil: Guido, Andrea. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione; Italia. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté; Francia Fil: Gelfand, Michele. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos Fil: Abernathy, Jered. University of South Carolina; Estados Unidos Fil: Arikan, Gizem. Trinity College Dublin; Irlanda Fil: Aycan, Zeynep. Koç University; Turquía Fil: Bankar, Shweta. Ashoka University; India Fil: Barrera, Davide. Collegio Carlo Alberto; Italia. Universita Degli Studi Di Torino. Dipartamento Di Cultur, Politica E Societa; Italia Fil: Basnight Brown, Dana. United States International University; Kenia Fil: Belaus, Anabel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina Fil: Berezina, Elizaveta. Sunway University; Malasia Fil: Blumen, Sheyla. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú; Perú Fil: Boski, Paweł. SWPS University; Polonia Fil: Bui, Huyen Thi Thu. Hanoi National University of Education; Vietnam Fil: Cárdenas, Juan Camilo. Universidad de los Andes; Colombia. University of Massachusetts Amherst; Estados Unidos Fil: Čekrlija, Đorđe. University of Banja Luka; Bosnia y Herzegovina. University of Greifswald; Alemania Fil: de Barra, Mícheál. Brunel University London; Reino Unido Fil: de Zoysa, Piyanjali. University of Colombo; Sri Lanka Fil: Dorrough, Angela. Universitat zu Köln; Alemania Fil: Engelmann, Jan B.. University of Amsterdam; Países Bajos Fil: Euh, Hyun. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados Unidos Fil: Fiedler, Susann. Vienna University of Economics and Business; Austria Fil: Foster Gimbel, Olivia. The State University of New Jersey; Estados Unidos. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos. University of Kentucky; Estados Unidos Fil: Reyna, Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina Fil: Van Lange, Paul A. M.. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Países Bajos Fil: Winata, Fiona Fira. Universitas Airlangga; Indonesia Fil: Zein, Rizqy Amelia. Universitas Airlangga; Indonesia Fil: Zhang, Qing-peng. Guangzhou University; China Fil: Eriksson, Kimmo. Institute for Futures Studies; Suecia. Stockholms Universitet; Suecia. Malardalens University; Suecia |
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