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How culturally unique are pandemic effects? Evaluating cultural similarities and differences in effects of age, biological sex, and political beliefs on COVID impacts.
Conway, Lucian Gideon; Woodard, Shailee R; Zubrod, Alivia; Tiburcio, Marcela; Martínez-Vélez, Nora Angélica; Sorgente, Angela; Lanz, Margherita; Serido, Joyce; Vosylis, Rimantas; Fonseca, Gabriela; Lep, Zan; Li, Lijun; Zupancic, Maja; Crespo, Carla; Relvas, Ana Paula; Papageorgiou, Kostas A; Gianniou, Foteini-Maria; Truhan, Tayler; Mojtahedi, Dara; Hull, Sophie; Lilley, Caroline; Canning, Derry; Ulukök, Esra; Akin, Adnan; Massaccesi, Claudia; Chiappini, Emilio; Paracampo, Riccardo; Korb, Sebastian; Szaflarski, Magdalena; Touré, Almamy Amara; Camara, Lansana Mady; Magassouba, Aboubacar Sidiki; Doumbouya, Abdoulaye; Mutlu, Melis; Bozkurt, Zeynep Nergiz; Grotkowski, Karolina; Przepiórka, Aneta M; Corral-Frías, Nadia Saraí; Watson, David; Corona Espinosa, Alejandro; Lucas, Marc Yancy; Paleari, Francesca Giorgia; Tchalova, Kristina; Gregory, Amy J P; Azrieli, Talya; Bartz, Jennifer A; Farmer, Harry; Goldberg, Simon B; Rosenkranz, Melissa A; Pickett, Jennifer.
  • Conway LG; Department of Psychology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States.
  • Woodard SR; Department of Psychology, Keene State College, Keene, NH, United States.
  • Zubrod A; Department of Psychology and Sociology, Park University, Parkville, MO, United States.
  • Tiburcio M; Departamento de Ciencias Sociales en Salud, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Martínez-Vélez NA; Departamento de Ciencias Sociales en Salud, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Sorgente A; Unità di Ricerca Teoria della Mente, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
  • Lanz M; Unità di Ricerca Teoria della Mente, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
  • Serido J; University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, United States.
  • Vosylis R; Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • Fonseca G; Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Lep Z; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Li L; University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, United States.
  • Zupancic M; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Crespo C; University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Relvas AP; University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Papageorgiou KA; Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
  • Gianniou FM; Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
  • Truhan T; Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
  • Mojtahedi D; University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
  • Hull S; University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
  • Lilley C; University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
  • Canning D; University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
  • Ulukök E; Department of Business Administration, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey.
  • Akin A; Department of Business Administration, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey.
  • Massaccesi C; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Chiappini E; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Paracampo R; Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (KNAW), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Korb S; Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.
  • Szaflarski M; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
  • Touré AA; Department of Medical Sciences, Kofi Annan University of Guinea, Conakry, Guinea.
  • Camara LM; National Centre of Training and Recherche in Rural Health of Mafèrinyah, Forécariah, Guinea.
  • Magassouba AS; Department of Medical Sciences, Kofi Annan University of Guinea, Conakry, Guinea.
  • Doumbouya A; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Sciences and Health Techniques, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea.
  • Mutlu M; National Centre of Training and Recherche in Rural Health of Mafèrinyah, Forécariah, Guinea.
  • Bozkurt ZN; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Grotkowski K; Cognitive Neuropsychology Master's Program, Institute of Graduate Education, Bahçesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Przepiórka AM; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, United States.
  • Corral-Frías NS; The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
  • Watson D; Department of Psychology, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico.
  • Corona Espinosa A; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States.
  • Lucas MY; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States.
  • Paleari FG; Department of Psychology, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico.
  • Tchalova K; Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.
  • Gregory AJP; Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Azrieli T; Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Bartz JA; Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Farmer H; Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
  • Goldberg SB; Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.
  • Rosenkranz MA; Department of Counseling Psychology and Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
  • Pickett J; Department of Psychiatry and Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Front Psychol ; 13: 937211, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2199167
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.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyg.2022.937211