1. Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Author
-
Romano, A., Spadaro, G., Balliet, D., Joireman, J., Van Lissa, C., Jin, S., Agostini, M., Belanger, J. J., Gutzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Georgios, Abakoumkin, Jamilah, Hanum, Abdul Khaiyom Vjollca Ahmedi, Handan, Akkas, Almenara, Carlos A., Anton, Kurapov, Mohsin, Atta, Sabahat Cigdem Bagci, Sima, Basel, Edona Berisha Kida, Buttrick, Nicholas R., Phatthanakit, Chobthamkit, Hoon-Seok, Choi, Mioara, Cristea, Sára, Csaba, Kaja, Damnjanovic, Ivan, Danyliuk, Arobindu, Dash, DI SANTO, Daniela, Douglas, Karen M., Violeta, Enea, Daiane Gracieli Faller, Gavan, Fitzsimons, Alexandra, Gheorghiu, Ángel, Gómez, Qing, Han, Mai, Helmy, Joevarian, Hudiyana, Jeronimus, Bertus F., Ding-Yu, Jiang, Veljko, Jovanović, Željka, Kamenov, Anna, Kende, Shian-Ling, Keng, Tra Thi Thanh Kieu, Yasin, Koc, Kamila, Kovyazina, Inna, Kozytska, Joshua, Krause, Kruglanski, Arie W., Maja, Kutlaca, Nóra Anna Lantos, Lemay, Edward P., Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Louis, Winnifred R., Adrian, Lueders, Najma, Malik, Anton, Martinez, Mccabe, Kira O., Jasmina, Mehulić, Mirra Noor Milla, Idris, Mohammed, Erica, Molinario, Manuel, Moyano, Hayat, Muhammad, Mula, Silvana, Hamdi, Muluk, Solomiia, Myroniuk, Reza, Najafi, Nisa, Claudia F., Boglárka, Nyúl, O'Keefe, Paul A., Jose Javier Olivas Osuna, Osin, Evgeny N., Joonha, Park, Gennaro, Pica, Pierro, Antonio, Jonas, Rees, Anne Margit Reitsema, Resta, Elena, Marika, Rullo, Ryan, Michelle K., Adil, Samekin, Pekka, Santtila, Edyta, Sasin, Birga Mareen Schumpe, Heyla, A Selim, Michael Vicente Stanton, Wolfgang, Stroebe, Samiah, Sultana, Sutton, Robbie M., Eleftheria, Tseliou, Akira, Utsugi, Jolien Anne van Breen, Kees Van Veen, Vandellen, Michelle R., Alexandra, Vázquez, Robin, Wollast, Victoria Wai-lan Yeung, Somayeh, Zand, Iris Lav Žeželj, Bang, Zheng, Andreas, Zick, Claudia, Zúñiga, Leander, N. P., Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Sociale Psychologie (Psychologie, FMG), and IBBA
- Subjects
Cultural Studies ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Social Psychology ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,cooperation ,050109 social psychology ,050105 experimental psychology ,Covid ,SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals ,Pandemic ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,institutions ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,COVID-19 ,trust ,Social dilemma ,Public relations ,Public good ,social dilemmas ,culture ,Anthropology ,Key (cryptography) ,business ,Psychology ,PsyCorona - Abstract
Cross-societal differences in cooperation and trust among strangers in the provision of public goods may be key to understanding how societies are managing the COVID-19 pandemic. We report a survey conducted across 41 societies between March and May 2020 (N = 34,526), and test pre-registered hypotheses about how cross-societal differences in cooperation and trust relate to prosocial COVID-19 responses (e.g., social distancing), stringency of policies, and support for behavioral regulations (e.g., mandatory quarantine). We further tested whether cross-societal variation in institutions and ecologies theorized to impact cooperation were associated with prosocial COVID-19 responses, including institutional quality, religiosity, and historical prevalence of pathogens. We found substantial variation across societies in prosocial COVID-19 responses, stringency of policies, and support for behavioral regulations. However, we found no consistent evidence to support the idea that cross-societal variation in cooperation and trust among strangers is associated with these outcomes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These results were replicated with another independent cross-cultural COVID-19 dataset (N = 112,136), and in both snowball and representative samples. We discuss implications of our results, including challenging the assumption that managing the COVID-19 pandemic across societies is best modeled as a public goods dilemma.
- Published
- 2021