Cooperation and trust across societies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Vol/Iss. 52 (7) SAGE Publications Published In Pages: 622-642
By Romano, Angelo, Spadaro, Guiliana , Balliet, Daniel , Joireman, Jeff , Van Lissa, Caspar , Jin, Shuxian , Agostini, Maximilian , Belanger, Jocelyn J. , Gutzkow, Ben , Kreienkamp, Jannis , Leander, N. Pontus , PsyCorona Collaboration

Hypothesis

Countries characterized by higher quality of institutions, greater religiosity, and lower historical prevalence of pathogens will predict prosocial responses to COVID-19.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Mixed effects modelNot supportedp > .057b= -0.247 to 0.226One-tailed