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Boggio, Paulo S.
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Nezlek, John B.
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Alfano, Mark
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Azevedo, Flavio
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Capraro, Valerio
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Cichocka, Aleksandra
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Parnamets, Philip
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Rego, Gabriel Gaudencio
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Sampaio, Waldir M.
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Sjastad, Hallgeir
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Van Bavel, Jay J.
Total Authors: 11
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS; v. N/A, p. 18-pg., 2023-06-10. |
| Abstract | |
Understanding what factors are linked to public health behavior in a global pandemic is critical to mobilizing an effective public health response. Although public policy and health messages are often framed through the lens of individual benefit, many of the behavioral strategies needed to combat a pandemic require individual sacrifices to benefit the collective welfare. Therefore, we examined the relationship between individuals' morality and their support for public health measures. In a large-scale study with samples from 68 countries worldwide (Study 1; N = 46,576), we found robust evidence that moral identity, morality-as-cooperation, and moral circles are each positively related to people's willingness to engage in public health behaviors and policy support. Together, these moral dispositions accounted for 9.8%, 10.2%, and 6.2% of support for limiting contact, improving hygiene, and supporting policy change, respectively. These morality variables (Study 2) and Schwartz's values dimensions (Study 3) were also associated with behavioral responses across 42 countries in the form of reduced physical mobility during the pandemic. These results suggest that morality may help mobilize citizens to support public health policy. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/27100-1 - Effects of breach of anonymity and privacy of the group on cooperative behavior: a study with public goods game and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) |
| Grantee: | Waldir Monteiro Sampaio |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/26665-5 - The influence of social factors on the judgment of moral foundations |
| Grantee: | Gabriel Gaudencio Do Rêgo |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |