Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence From 35 Cultures
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In: Social Psychological and Personality Science, Vol. 14, No. 5, 01.06.2023, p. 662-671.
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T1 - Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
T2 - Empirical Evidence From 35 Cultures
AU - Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua
AU - Ng, Jacky Chi Kit
AU - Hui, Bryant Pui Hung
AU - Au, Algae K.Y.
AU - Lam, Ben C.P.
AU - Wu, Wesley C.H.
AU - Pun, Ngai
AU - Beattie, Peter
AU - Welzel, Christian
AU - Liu, James H.
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project was supported by the funding for Project of Strategic Importance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1-ZE1L) and Dean’s Reserve (P0031087). The data that support the findings of this research are available from the authors upon reasonable request. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/6/1
Y1 - 2023/6/1
N2 - COVID-19 has drastically changed human behaviors and posed a threat to globalism by spurring a resurgence of nationalism. Promoting prosocial behavior within and across borders is of paramount importance for global cooperation to combat pandemics. To examine both self-report and actual prosocial behavior, we conducted the first empirical test of global consciousness theory in a multinational study of 35 cultures (N = 18,171 community adults stratified by age, gender, and region of residence). Global consciousness encompassed cosmopolitan orientation, identification with all humanity, and multicultural acquisition, whereas national consciousness reflected ethnic protection. Both global consciousness and national consciousness positively predicted perceived risk of coronavirus and concern about coronavirus, after controlling for interdependent self-construal. While global consciousness positively predicted prosocial behavior in response to COVID-19, national consciousness positively predicted defensive behavior. These findings shed light on overcoming national parochialism and provide a theoretical framework for the study of global unity and cooperation.
AB - COVID-19 has drastically changed human behaviors and posed a threat to globalism by spurring a resurgence of nationalism. Promoting prosocial behavior within and across borders is of paramount importance for global cooperation to combat pandemics. To examine both self-report and actual prosocial behavior, we conducted the first empirical test of global consciousness theory in a multinational study of 35 cultures (N = 18,171 community adults stratified by age, gender, and region of residence). Global consciousness encompassed cosmopolitan orientation, identification with all humanity, and multicultural acquisition, whereas national consciousness reflected ethnic protection. Both global consciousness and national consciousness positively predicted perceived risk of coronavirus and concern about coronavirus, after controlling for interdependent self-construal. While global consciousness positively predicted prosocial behavior in response to COVID-19, national consciousness positively predicted defensive behavior. These findings shed light on overcoming national parochialism and provide a theoretical framework for the study of global unity and cooperation.
KW - COVID-19
KW - global consciousness
KW - national consciousness
KW - prosocial behavior
KW - xenophobia
KW - COVID-19
KW - global consciousness
KW - national consciousness
KW - prosocial behavior
KW - xenophobia
KW - Politics
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U2 - 10.1177/19485506221124392
DO - 10.1177/19485506221124392
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 37220500
AN - SCOPUS:85138236742
VL - 14
SP - 662
EP - 671
JO - Social Psychological and Personality Science
JF - Social Psychological and Personality Science
SN - 1948-5506
IS - 5
ER -