'The Tragedy of the Commons': How Individualism and Collectivism Affected the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Aharon Levy, Tamar Gur, Yossi Maaravi, Sandra Segal, Dan Confino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison Male Culture Population Individuality 050109 social psychology COVID-19 the tragedy of the commons public adherence individualism–collectivism Hofstede 03 medical and health sciences Development economics Pandemic Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory Sociology Israel education Pandemics Health policy 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study Exit strategy SARS-CoV-2 lcsh:Public aspects of medicine 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Tragedy of the commons Collectivism lcsh:RA1-1270 Brief Research Report Middle Aged Models Theoretical Cross-cultural studies Female Public Health Guideline Adherence |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021) Frontiers in Public Health, 9:627559 |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.627559 |
| Popis: | Why did COVID-19 hit some countries harder than others? While this question is usually answered based on demographics (e. g., population age), health policy (e.g., quarantine), or economic factors, we argue that cultural variance across countries is just as crucial in understanding how susceptible a society is to the COVID-19 outbreak. To test this hypothesis, we first analyzed data collected across 69 countries and examined the relationship between culture and the impact of COVID. Next, we conducted two studies to validate our findings further and explore the mechanism at hand. As expected, we found that the more individualistic (vs. collectivistic) a country was, the more COVID-19 cases and mortalities it had. We also found that the more individualistic participants were, the higher the chances they would not adhere to epidemic prevention measures. These findings are important in understanding the spread of the pandemic, devising optimal exit strategies from lockdowns, and persuading the population to get the new vaccine against the virus. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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