Cooperation and trust across societies during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Romano, Angelo, Spadaro, Giuliana, Balliet, Daniel, Joireman, Jeff, Van Lissa, Caspar J, Jin, Shuxian, Agostini, Maximilian, Belanger, Jocelyn J, Gutzkow, Ben, Kreienkamp, Jannis, Collaboration, PsyCorona, Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum, Leander, N Pontus
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2021
• Subjects: BF Psychology; BF309 Consciousness. Cognition; BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion; BF608 Will. Volition. Choice. Control; H Social Sciences (General); HM Sociology; HM1001 Social psychology; HM701 Social systems; RA Public aspects of medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/90093/7/90093_Cooperation%20and%20trust%20across%20societies%20during%20the%20COVID-19%20pandemic_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90093/13/90093_Cooperation%20and%20trust%20across%20societies%20during%20the%20COVID-19%20pandemic.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90093/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022022120988913; https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022120988913

Cross-societal differences in cooperation and trust among strangers in the provision of public goods may be key to understanding how societies are managing the COVID-19 pandemic. We report a survey conducted across 41 societies between March and May 2020 (N = 34,526), and test pre-registered hypothe...