National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

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

doi:10.31234/osf.io/ydt95

National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

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

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	517
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ydt95 https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-021-27668-9
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2022

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Van Bavel, J. J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Sjastad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Pavlovic, T., Alfano, M., Gelfand, M. J., Azevedo, F., Birtel, M. D., Cislak, A., Lockwood, P. L., Ross, R. M., Abts, K., Agadullina, E., Aruta, J. J. B., Besharati, S. N., Bor, A., Choma, B. L., ... Boggio, P. S. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communications, 13, Article 517. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ydt95, https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-021-27668-9

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PY - 2022/1/26

Y1 - 2022/1/26

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51169643/

U2 - 10.31234/osf.io/ydt95

DO - 10.31234/osf.io/ydt95

M3 - Article

SN - 2041-1723

VL - 13

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

M1 - 517

ER -

National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic

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