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.

Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic / A., Romano; G., Spadaro; D., Balliet; J., Joireman; C., Van Lissa; S., Jin; M., Agostini; J. J., Belanger; B., Gutzkow; J., Kreienkamp; Abakoumkin, Georgios; Hanum, Jamilah; Khaiyom Vjollca Ahmedi, Abdul; Akkas, Handan; Almenara, Carlos A.; Kurapov, Anton; Atta, Mohsin; Cigdem Bagci, Sabahat; Basel, Sima; Berisha Kida, Edona; Buttrick, Nicholas R.; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit; Choi, Hoon-Seok; Cristea, Mioara; Csaba, Sára; Damnjanovic, Kaja; Danyliuk, Ivan; Dash, Arobindu; DI SANTO, Daniela; Douglas, Karen M.; Enea, Violeta; Gracieli Faller, Daiane; Fitzsimons, Gavan; Gheorghiu, Alexandra; Gómez, Ángel; Han, Qing; Helmy, Mai; Hudiyana, Joevarian; Jeronimus, Bertus F.; Jiang, Ding-Yu; Jovanović, Veljko; Kamenov, Željka; Kende, Anna; Keng, Shian-Ling; Thi Thanh Kieu, Tra; Koc, Yasin; Kovyazina, Kamila; Kozytska, Inna; Krause, Joshua; Kruglanski, Arie W.; Kutlaca, Maja; Anna Lantos, Nóra; Lemay, Edward P.; Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Cokorda; Louis, Winnifred R.; Lueders, Adrian; Malik, Najma; Martinez, Anton; Mccabe, Kira O.; Mehulić, Jasmina; Noor Milla, Mirra; Mohammed, Idris; Molinario, Erica; Moyano, Manuel; Muhammad, Hayat; Mula, Silvana; Muluk, Hamdi; Myroniuk, Solomiia; Najafi, Reza; Nisa, Claudia F.; Nyúl, Boglárka; O'Keefe, Paul A.; Javier Olivas Osuna, Jose; Osin, Evgeny N.; Park, Joonha; Pica, Gennaro; Pierro, Antonio; Rees, Jonas; Margit Reitsema, Anne; Resta, Elena; Rullo, Marika; Ryan, Michelle K.; Samekin, Adil; Santtila, Pekka; Sasin, Edyta; Mareen Schumpe, Birga; A Selim, Heyla; Vicente Stanton, Michael; Stroebe, Wolfgang; Sultana, Samiah; Sutton, Robbie M.; Tseliou, Eleftheria; Utsugi, Akira; Anne van Breen, Jolien; Van Veen, Kees; Vandellen, Michelle R.; Vázquez, Alexandra; Wollast, Robin; Wai-lan Yeung, Victoria; Zand, Somayeh; Lav Žeželj, Iris; Zheng, Bang; Zick, Andreas; Zúñiga, Claudia; N. P., Leander. - In: JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0221. - (2021), p. 002202212098891. [10.1177/0022022120988913]

Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Daniela Di Santo;Silvana Mula;Antonio Pierro;Elena Resta;
2021

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.
2021
cooperation; COVID-19; culture; institutions; social dilemmas; trust
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Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic / A., Romano; G., Spadaro; D., Balliet; J., Joireman; C., Van Lissa; S., Jin; M., Agostini; J. J., Belanger; B., Gutzkow; J., Kreienkamp; Abakoumkin, Georgios; Hanum, Jamilah; Khaiyom Vjollca Ahmedi, Abdul; Akkas, Handan; Almenara, Carlos A.; Kurapov, Anton; Atta, Mohsin; Cigdem Bagci, Sabahat; Basel, Sima; Berisha Kida, Edona; Buttrick, Nicholas R.; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit; Choi, Hoon-Seok; Cristea, Mioara; Csaba, Sára; Damnjanovic, Kaja; Danyliuk, Ivan; Dash, Arobindu; DI SANTO, Daniela; Douglas, Karen M.; Enea, Violeta; Gracieli Faller, Daiane; Fitzsimons, Gavan; Gheorghiu, Alexandra; Gómez, Ángel; Han, Qing; Helmy, Mai; Hudiyana, Joevarian; Jeronimus, Bertus F.; Jiang, Ding-Yu; Jovanović, Veljko; Kamenov, Željka; Kende, Anna; Keng, Shian-Ling; Thi Thanh Kieu, Tra; Koc, Yasin; Kovyazina, Kamila; Kozytska, Inna; Krause, Joshua; Kruglanski, Arie W.; Kutlaca, Maja; Anna Lantos, Nóra; Lemay, Edward P.; Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Cokorda; Louis, Winnifred R.; Lueders, Adrian; Malik, Najma; Martinez, Anton; Mccabe, Kira O.; Mehulić, Jasmina; Noor Milla, Mirra; Mohammed, Idris; Molinario, Erica; Moyano, Manuel; Muhammad, Hayat; Mula, Silvana; Muluk, Hamdi; Myroniuk, Solomiia; Najafi, Reza; Nisa, Claudia F.; Nyúl, Boglárka; O'Keefe, Paul A.; Javier Olivas Osuna, Jose; Osin, Evgeny N.; Park, Joonha; Pica, Gennaro; Pierro, Antonio; Rees, Jonas; Margit Reitsema, Anne; Resta, Elena; Rullo, Marika; Ryan, Michelle K.; Samekin, Adil; Santtila, Pekka; Sasin, Edyta; Mareen Schumpe, Birga; A Selim, Heyla; Vicente Stanton, Michael; Stroebe, Wolfgang; Sultana, Samiah; Sutton, Robbie M.; Tseliou, Eleftheria; Utsugi, Akira; Anne van Breen, Jolien; Van Veen, Kees; Vandellen, Michelle R.; Vázquez, Alexandra; Wollast, Robin; Wai-lan Yeung, Victoria; Zand, Somayeh; Lav Žeželj, Iris; Zheng, Bang; Zick, Andreas; Zúñiga, Claudia; N. P., Leander. - In: JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0221. - (2021), p. 002202212098891. [10.1177/0022022120988913]
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