National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Creators: name: Van Bavel, Jay J.
name: Cichocka, Aleksandra
name: Capraro, Valerio
name: Sjåstad, Hallgeir
name: Nezlek, John B.
name: Pavlović, Tomislav
name: Alfano, Mark
name: Gelfand, Michele J.
name: Azevedo, Flavio
name: Birtel, Michèle D.
name: Cislak, Aleksandra
name: Lockwood, Patricia L.
name: Ross, Robert Malcolm
name: Abts, Koen
name: Agadullina, Elena
name: Aruta, John Jamir Benzon
name: Besharati, Sahba Nomvula
name: Bor, Alexander
name: Choma, Becky L.
name: Crabtree, Charles David
name: Cunningham, William A.
name: De, Koustav
name: Ejaz, Waqas
name: Elbaek, Christian T.
name: Findor, Andrej
name: Flichtentrei, Daniel
name: Franc, Renata
name: Gjoneska, Biljana
name: Gruber, June
name: Gualda, Estrella
name: Horiuchi, Yusaku
name: Huynh, Toan Luu Duc
name: Ibanez, Agustin
name: Imran, Mostak Ahamed
name: Israelashvili, Jacob
name: Jasko, Katarzyna
name: Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw
name: Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena
name: Krouwel, André
name: Laakasuo, Michael
name: Lamm, Claus
name: Leygue, Caroline
name: Lin, Ming-Jen
name: Mansoor, Mohammad Sabbir
name: Marie, Antoine
name: Mayiwar, Lewend
name: Mazepus, Honorata
name: McHugh, Cillian
name: Minda, John Paul
name: Mitkidis, Panagiotis
name: Olsson, Andreas
name: Otterbring, Tobias
name: Packer, Dominic J.
name: Perry, Anat
name: Petersen, Michael Bang
name: Puthillam, Arathy
name: Riaño-Moreno, Julián C.
name: Rothmund, Tobias
name: Santamaría-García, Hernando
name: Schmid, Petra C.
name: Stoyanov, Drozdstoy
name: Tewari, Shruti
name: Todosijević, Bojan
name: Tsakiris, Manos
name: Tung, Hans H.
name: Umbreș, Radu G.
name: Vanags, Edmunds
name: Vlasceanu, Madalina
name: Vonasch, Andrew
name: Yucel, Meltem
name: Zhang, Yucheng
name: Abad, Mohcine
name: Adler, Eli
name: Akrawi, Narin
name: Mdarhri, Hamza Alaoui
name: Amara, Hanane
name: Amodio, David M.
name: Antazo, Benedict G.
name: Apps, Matthew
name: Ay, F. Ceren
name: Ba, Mouhamadou Hady
name: Barbosa, Sergio
name: Bastian, Brock
name: Berg, Anton
name: Bernal-Zárate, Maria P.
name: Bernstein, Michael
name: Białek, Michał
name: Bilancini, Ennio
name: Bogatyreva, Natalia
name: Boncinelli, Leonardo
name: Booth, Jonathan E.
name: Borau, Sylvie
name: Buchel, Ondrej
name: Cameron, C. Daryl
name: Carvalho, Chrissie F.
name: Celadin, Tatiana
name: Cerami, Chiara
name: Chalise, Hom Nath
name: Cheng, Xiaojun
name: Cian, Luca
name: Cockcroft, Kate
name: Conway, Jane
name: Córdoba-Delgado, Mateo Andres
name: Crespi, Chiara
name: Crouzevialle, Marie
name: Cutler, Jo
name: Cypryańska, Marzena
name: Dabrowska, Justyna
name: Daniels, Michael A.
name: Davis, Victoria H.
name: Dayley, Pamala N.
name: Delouvee, Sylvain
name: Denkovski, Ognjan
name: Dezecache, Guillaume
name: Dhaliwal, Nathan A.
name: Diato, Alelie B.
name: Di Paolo, Roberto
name: Drosinou, Marianna
name: Dulleck, Uwe
name: Ekmanis, Jānis
name: Ertan, Arhan S.
name: Etienne, Tom W.
name: Farhana, Hapsa Hossain
name: Farkhari, Fahima
name: Farmer, Harry
name: Fenwick, Ali
name: Fidanovski, Kristijan
name: Flew, Terry
name: Fraser, Shona
name: Frempong, Raymond Boadi
name: Fugelsang, Jonathan A.
name: Gale, Jessica
name: Garcia-Navarro, E. Begoña
name: Garladinne, Prasad
name: Ghajjou, Oussama
name: Gkinopoulos, Theofilos
name: Gray, Kurt
name: Griffin, Siobhán M.
name: Gronfeldt, Bjarki
name: Gümren, Mert
name: Gurung, Ranju Lama
name: Halperin, Eran
name: Harris, Elizabeth
name: Herzon, Volo
name: Hruška, Matej
name: Huang, Guanxiong
name: Hudecek, Matthias F. C.
name: Isler, Ozan
name: Jangard, Simon
name: Jørgensen, Frederik J.
name: Kachanoff, Frank
name: Kahn, John
name: Dangol, Apsara Katuwal
name: Keudel, Oleksandra
name: Koppel, Lina
name: Koverola, Mika
name: Kubin, Emily
name: Kunnari, Anton
name: Kutiyski, Yordan
name: Laguna, Oscar
name: Leota, Josh
name: Lermer, Eva
name: Levy, Jonathan
name: Levy, Neil
name: Li, Chunyun
name: Long, Elizabeth U.
name: Longoni, Chiara
name: Maglić, Marina
name: McCashin, Darragh
name: Metcalf, Alexander L.
name: Mikloušić, Igor
name: El Mimouni, Soulaimane
name: Miura, Asako
name: Molina-Paredes, Juliana
name: Monroy-Fonseca, César
name: Morales-Marente, Elena
name: Moreau, David
name: Muda, Rafał
name: Myer, Annalisa
name: Nash, Kyle
name: Nesh-Nash, Tarik
name: Nitschke, Jonas P.
name: Nurse, Matthew S.
name: Ohtsubo, Yohsuke
name: Oldemburgo de Mello, Victoria
name: O’Madagain, Cathal
name: Onderco, Michal
name: Palacios-Galvez, M. Soledad
name: Palomäki, Jussi
name: Pan, Yafeng
name: Papp, Zsófia
name: Pärnamets, Philip
name: Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola
name: Pavlović, Zoran
name: Payán-Gómez, César
name: Perander, Silva
name: Pitman, Michael Mark
name: Prasad, Rajib
name: Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Joanna
name: Rathje, Steve
name: Raza, Ali
name: Rêgo, Gabriel G.
name: Rhee, Kasey
name: Robertson, Claire E.
name: Rodríguez-Pascual, Iván
name: Saikkonen, Teemu
name: Salvador-Ginez, Octavio
name: Sampaio, Waldir M.
name: Santi, Gaia C.
name: Santiago-Tovar, Natalia
name: Savage, David
name: Scheffer, Julian A.
name: Schönegger, Philipp
name: Schultner, David T.
name: Schutte, Enid M.
name: Scott, Andy
name: Sharma, Madhavi
name: Sharma, Pujan
name: Skali, Ahmed
name: Stadelmann, David
name: Stafford, Clara Alexandra
name: Stanojević, Dragan
name: Stefaniak, Anna
name: Sternisko, Anni
name: Stoica, Agustin
name: Stoyanova, Kristina K.
name: Strickland, Brent
name: Sundvall, Jukka
name: Thomas, Jeffrey P.
name: Tinghög, Gustav
name: Torgler, Benno
name: Traast, Iris J.
name: Tucciarelli, Raffaele
name: Tyrala, Michael
name: Ungson, Nick D.
name: Uysal, Mete S.
name: Van Lange, Paul A. M.
name: van Prooijen, Jan-Willem
name: van Rooy, Dirk
name: Västfjäll, Daniel
name: Verkoeijen, Peter
name: Vieira, Joana B.
name: von Sikorski, Christian
name: Walker, Alexander Cameron
name: Watermeyer, Jennifer
name: Wetter, Erik
name: Whillans, Ashley
name: Willardt, Robin
name: Wohl, Michael J. A.
name: Wójcik, Adrian Dominik
name: Wu, Kaidi
name: Yamada, Yuki
name: Yilmaz, Onurcan
name: Yogeeswaran, Kumar
name: Ziemer, Carolin-Theresa
name: Zwaan, Rolf A.
name: Boggio, Paulo S.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: COLLECTIVE NARCISSISM; SOCIAL IDENTITY; IDENTIFICATION; MODEL; IMAGE;
subject: 150 Psychologie

description: Understanding collective behaviour is an important aspect of managing the pandemic response. Here the authors show in a large global study that participants that reported identifying more strongly with their nation reported greater engagement in public health behaviours and support for public health policies in the context of the pandemic. 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.