1. National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
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Van Bavel, Jay J, Cichocka, Aleksandra, Capraro, Valerio, Sj��stad, Hallgeir, Nezlek, John B, Pavlovi��, Tomislav, Alfano, Mark, Gelfand, Michele J, Azevedo, Flavio, Birtel, Mich��le D, Cislak, Aleksandra, Lockwood, Patricia L, Ross, Robert Malcolm, Abts, Koen, Agadullina, Elena, Aruta, John Jamir Benzon, Besharati, Sahba Nomvula, Bor, Alexander, Choma, Becky L, Crabtree, Charles David, Cunningham, William A, De, Koustav, Ejaz, Waqas, Elbaek, Christian T, Findor, Andrej, Flichtentrei, Daniel, Franc, Renata, Gjoneska, Biljana, Gruber, June, Gualda, Estrella, Horiuchi, Yusaku, Huynh, Toan Luu Duc, Ibanez, Augustin, Imran, Mostak Ahamed, Israelashvili, Jacob, Jasko, Katarzyna, Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena, Krouwel, Andr��, Laakasuo, Michael, Lamm, Claus, Leygue, Caroline, Lin, Ming-Jen, Mansoor, Mohammad Sabbir, Marie, Antoine, Mayiwar, Lewend, Mazepus, Honorata, McHugh, Cillian, Minda, John Paul, Mitkidis, Panagiotis, Olsson, Andreas, Otterbring, Tobias, Packer, Dominic J, Perry, Anat, Petersen, Michael Bang, Puthillam, Arathy, Ria��o-Moreno, Juli��n C, Rothmund, Tobias, Santamar��a-Garc��a, Hernando, Schmid, Petra C, Stoyanov, Drozdstoy, Tewari, Shruti, Todosijevi��, Bojan, Tsakiris, Manos, Tung, Hans H, Umbre��, Radu G, Vanags, Edmunds, Vlasceanu, Madalina, Vonasch, Andrew, Yucel, Meltem, Zhang, Yucheng, Abad, Mohcine, Adler, Eli, Akrawi, Narin, Mdarhri, Hamza Alaoui, Amara, Hanane, Amodio, David M, Antazo, Benedict G, Apps, Matthew, Ay, F Ceren, Ba, Mouhamadou Hady, Barbosa, Sergio, Bastian, Brock, Berg, Anton, Bernal-Z��rate, Maria P, Bernstein, Michael, Bia��ek, Micha��, Bilancini, Ennio, Bogatyreva, Natalia, Boncinelli, Leonardo, Booth, Jonathan E, Borau, Sylvie, Buchel, Ondrej, Cameron, C Daryl, Carvalho, Chrissie F, Celadin, Tatiana, Cerami, Chiara, Chalise, Hom Nath, Cheng, Xiaojun, Cian, Luca, Cockcroft, Kate, Conway, Jane, C��rdoba-Delgado, Mateo Andres, Crespi, Chiara, Crouzevialle, Marie, Cutler, Jo, Cyprya��ska, Marzena, Dabrowska, Justyna, Daniels, Michael A, Davis, Victoria H, Dayley, Pamala N, Delouvee, Sylvain, Denkovski, Ognjan, Dezecache, Guillaume, Dhaliwal, Nathan A, Diato, Alelie B, Di Paolo, Roberto, Drosinou, Marianna, Dulleck, Uwe, Ekmanis, J��nis, Ertan, Arhan S, Etienne, Tom W, Farhana, Hapsa Hossain, Farkhari, Fahima, Farmer, Harry, Fenwick, Ali, Fidanovski, Kristijan, Flew, Terry, Fraser, Shona, Frempong, Raymond Boadi, Fugelsang, Jonathan A, Gale, Jessica, Garcia-Navarro, E Bego��a, Garladinne, Prasad, Ghajjou, Oussama, Gkinopoulos, Theofilos, Gray, Kurt, Griffin, Siobh��n M, Gronfeldt, Bjarki, G��mren, Mert, Gurung, Ranju Lama, Halperin, Eran, Harris, Elizabeth, Herzon, Volo, Hru��ka, Matej, Huang, Guanxiong, Hudecek, Matthias FC, Isler, Ozan, Jangard, Simon, J��rgensen, Frederik J, Kachanoff, Frank, Kahn, John, Dangol, Apsara Katuwal, Keudel, Oleksandra, Koppel, Lina, Koverola, Mika, Kubin, Emily, Kunnari, Anton, Kutiyski, Yordan, Laguna, Oscar, Leota, Josh, Lermer, Eva, Levy, Jonathan, Levy, Neil, Li, Chunyun, Long, Elizabeth U, Longoni, Chiara, Magli��, Marina, McCashin, Darragh, Metcalf, Alexander L, Miklou��i��, Igor, El Mimouni, Soulaimane, Miura, Asako, Molina-Paredes, Juliana, Monroy-Fonseca, C��sar, Morales-Marente, Elena, Moreau, David, Muda, Rafa��, Myer, Annalisa, Nash, Kyle, Nesh-Nash, Tarik, Nitschke, Jonas P, Nurse, Matthew S, Ohtsubo, Yohsuke, Oldemburgo De Mello, Victoria, O'Madagain, Cathal, Onderco, Michal, Palacios-Galvez, M Soledad, Palom��ki, Jussi, Pan, Yafeng, Papp, Zs��fia, P��rnamets, Philip, Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola, Pavlovi��, Zoran, Pay��n-G��mez, C��sar, Perander, Silva, Pitman, Michael Mark, Prasad, Rajib, Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Joanna, Rathje, Steve, Raza, Ali, R��go, Gabriel G, Rhee, Kasey, Robertson, Claire E, Rodr��guez-Pascual, Iv��n, Saikkonen, Teemu, Salvador-Ginez, Octavio, Sampaio, Waldir M, Santi, Gaia C, Santiago-Tovar, Natalia, Savage, David, Scheffer, Julian A, Sch��negger, Philipp, Schultner, David T, Schutte, Enid M, Scott, Andy, Sharma, Madhavi, Sharma, Pujan, Skali, Ahmed, Stadelmann, David, Stafford, Clara Alexandra, Stanojevi��, Dragan, Stefaniak, Anna, Sternisko, Anni, Stoica, Augustin, Stoyanova, Kristina K, Strickland, Brent, Sundvall, Jukka, Thomas, Jeffrey P, Tingh��g, Gustav, Torgler, Benno, Traast, Iris J, Tucciarelli, Raffaele, Tyrala, Michael, Ungson, Nick D, Uysal, Mete S, Van Lange, Paul AM, Van Prooijen, Jan-Willem, Van Rooy, Dirk, V��stfj��ll, Daniel, Verkoeijen, Peter, Vieira, Joana B, Von Sikorski, Christian, Walker, Alexander Cameron, Watermeyer, Jennifer, Wetter, Erik, Whillans, Ashley, Willardt, Robin, Wohl, Michael JA, W��jcik, Adrian Dominik, Wu, Kaidi, Yamada, Yuki, Yilmaz, Onurcan, Yogeeswaran, Kumar, Ziemer, Carolin-Theresa, Zwaan, Rolf A, and Boggio, Paulo S
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692/699/255/2514 ,706/689/477/2811 ,article ,16. Peace & justice ,3. Good health - Abstract
Funder: Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence Scheme, FAIR project No 262675, Funder: J. William Fulbright Program, Funder: Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, Funder: Economic Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Award, University of Oxford, Funder: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Funder: Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002341, Funder: Universit��t Wien (University of Vienna); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003065, Funder: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004663, Funder: NOMIS Stiftung (NOMIS Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100008483, Funder: Princeton Graduate Student Research Funding (Program in Cognitive Science), Funder: Corruption Laboratory on Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law (CLEAR), University of Virginia, Funder: Project Pro.Co.P.E., IMT School (PAI2019), Funder: Italian Ministry of University and Research - PRIN 2017 (20178293XT), Funder: Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en G��nie du Canada); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000038, Funder: Australian Research Council (DP180102384), Funder: Ernst and Young (EY); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003064, 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.