Conway, Lucian Gideon and Woodard, Shailee R and Zubrod, Alivia and Tiburcio, Marcela and Martínez-Vélez, Nora Angélica and Sorgente, Angela and Lanz, Margherita and Serido, Joyce and Vosylis, Rimantas and Fonseca, Gabriela and Lep, Žan and Li, Lijun and Zupančič, Maja and Crespo, Carla and Relvas, Ana Paula and Papageorgiou, Kostas A and Gianniou, Foteini-Maria and Truhan, Tayler and Mojtahedi, Dara and Hull, Sophie and Lilley, Caroline and Canning, Derry and Ulukök, Esra and Akın, Adnan and Massaccesi, Claudia and Chiappini, Emilio and Paracampo, Riccardo and Korb, Sebastian and Szaflarski, Magdalena and Touré, Almamy Amara and Camara, Lansana Mady and Magassouba, Aboubacar Sidiki and Doumbouya, Abdoulaye and Mutlu, Melis and Bozkurt, Zeynep Nergiz and Grotkowski, Karolina and Przepiórka, Aneta M and Corral-Frías, Nadia Saraí and Watson, David and Corona Espinosa, Alejandro and Lucas, Marc Yancy and Paleari, Francesca Giorgia and Tchalova, Kristina and Gregory, Amy JP and Azrieli, Talya and Bartz, Jennifer A and Farmer, Harry and Goldberg, Simon B and Rosenkranz, Melissa A and Pickett, Jennifer and Mackelprang, Jessica L and Graves, Janessa M and Orr, Catherine and Balmores-Paulino, Rozel (2022) How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. 937211-. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937211
Conway, Lucian Gideon and Woodard, Shailee R and Zubrod, Alivia and Tiburcio, Marcela and Martínez-Vélez, Nora Angélica and Sorgente, Angela and Lanz, Margherita and Serido, Joyce and Vosylis, Rimantas and Fonseca, Gabriela and Lep, Žan and Li, Lijun and Zupančič, Maja and Crespo, Carla and Relvas, Ana Paula and Papageorgiou, Kostas A and Gianniou, Foteini-Maria and Truhan, Tayler and Mojtahedi, Dara and Hull, Sophie and Lilley, Caroline and Canning, Derry and Ulukök, Esra and Akın, Adnan and Massaccesi, Claudia and Chiappini, Emilio and Paracampo, Riccardo and Korb, Sebastian and Szaflarski, Magdalena and Touré, Almamy Amara and Camara, Lansana Mady and Magassouba, Aboubacar Sidiki and Doumbouya, Abdoulaye and Mutlu, Melis and Bozkurt, Zeynep Nergiz and Grotkowski, Karolina and Przepiórka, Aneta M and Corral-Frías, Nadia Saraí and Watson, David and Corona Espinosa, Alejandro and Lucas, Marc Yancy and Paleari, Francesca Giorgia and Tchalova, Kristina and Gregory, Amy JP and Azrieli, Talya and Bartz, Jennifer A and Farmer, Harry and Goldberg, Simon B and Rosenkranz, Melissa A and Pickett, Jennifer and Mackelprang, Jessica L and Graves, Janessa M and Orr, Catherine and Balmores-Paulino, Rozel (2022) How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. 937211-. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937211
Conway, Lucian Gideon and Woodard, Shailee R and Zubrod, Alivia and Tiburcio, Marcela and Martínez-Vélez, Nora Angélica and Sorgente, Angela and Lanz, Margherita and Serido, Joyce and Vosylis, Rimantas and Fonseca, Gabriela and Lep, Žan and Li, Lijun and Zupančič, Maja and Crespo, Carla and Relvas, Ana Paula and Papageorgiou, Kostas A and Gianniou, Foteini-Maria and Truhan, Tayler and Mojtahedi, Dara and Hull, Sophie and Lilley, Caroline and Canning, Derry and Ulukök, Esra and Akın, Adnan and Massaccesi, Claudia and Chiappini, Emilio and Paracampo, Riccardo and Korb, Sebastian and Szaflarski, Magdalena and Touré, Almamy Amara and Camara, Lansana Mady and Magassouba, Aboubacar Sidiki and Doumbouya, Abdoulaye and Mutlu, Melis and Bozkurt, Zeynep Nergiz and Grotkowski, Karolina and Przepiórka, Aneta M and Corral-Frías, Nadia Saraí and Watson, David and Corona Espinosa, Alejandro and Lucas, Marc Yancy and Paleari, Francesca Giorgia and Tchalova, Kristina and Gregory, Amy JP and Azrieli, Talya and Bartz, Jennifer A and Farmer, Harry and Goldberg, Simon B and Rosenkranz, Melissa A and Pickett, Jennifer and Mackelprang, Jessica L and Graves, Janessa M and Orr, Catherine and Balmores-Paulino, Rozel (2022) How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. 937211-. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937211
Abstract
Despite being bio-epidemiological phenomena, the causes and effects of pandemics are culturally influenced in ways that go beyond national boundaries. However, they are often studied in isolated pockets, and this fact makes it difficult to parse the unique influence of specific cultural psychologies. To help fill in this gap, the present study applies existing cultural theories via linear mixed modeling to test the influence of unique cultural factors in a multi-national sample (that moves beyond Western nations) on the effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on pandemic outcomes that include adverse financial impacts, adverse resource impacts, adverse psychological impacts, and the health impacts of COVID. Our study spanned 19 nations (participant N = 14,133) and involved translations into 9 languages. Linear mixed models revealed similarities across cultures, with both young persons and women reporting worse outcomes from COVID across the multi-national sample. However, these effects were generally qualified by culture-specific variance, and overall more evidence emerged for effects unique to each culture than effects similar across cultures. Follow-up analyses suggested this cultural variability was consistent with models of pre-existing inequalities and socioecological stressors exacerbating the effects of the pandemic. Collectively, this evidence highlights the importance of developing culturally flexible models for understanding the cross-cultural nature of pandemic psychology beyond typical WEIRD approaches.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adverse psychological change; age; biological sex; COVID-19; cross-cultural psychology; cultural psychology; pandemic psychology; political beliefs |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Dec 2022 12:36 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2023 20:56 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/34431 |
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