Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness

Mula S. Di Santo D. Resta E. Bakhtiari F. Baldner C. Molinario E. Pierro A. Gelfand M.J. Denison E. Agostini M. Bélanger J.J. Gützkow B. Kreienkamp J. Abakoumkin G. Abdul Khaiyom J.H. Ahmedi V. Akkas H. Almenara C.A. Atta M. Bagci S.C. Basel S. Kida E.B. Bernardo A.B.I. Buttrick N.R. Chobthamkit P. Choi H.-S. Cristea M. Csaba S. Damnjanovic K. Danyliuk I. Dash A. Douglas K.M. Enea V. Faller D.G. Fitzsimons G.J. Gheorghiu A. Gómez Á. Hamaidia A. Han Q. Helmy M. Hudiyana J. Jeronimus B.F. Jiang D.-Y. Jovanović V. Kamenov Ž. Kende A. Keng S.-L. Kieu T.T.T. Koc Y. Kovyazina K. Kozytska I. Krause J. Kruglanski A.W. Kurapov A. Kutlaca M. Lantos N.A. Lemay E.P., Jr Lesmana C.B.J. Louis W.R. Lueders A. Malik N.I. Martinez A. McCabe K.O. Mehulić J. Milla M.N. Mohammed I. Moyano M. Muhammad H. Muluk H. Myroniuk S. Najafi R. Nisa C.F. Nyúl B. OKeefe P.A. Olivas Osuna J.J. Osin E.N. Park J. Pica G. Rees J.H. Reitsema A.M. Rullo M. Ryan M.K. Samekin A. Santtila P. Sasin E. Schumpe B.M. Selim H.A. Stanton M.V. Stroebe W. Sultana S. Sutton R.M. Tseliou E. Utsugi A. van Breen J.A. van Lissa C.J. Van Veen K. vanDellen M.R. Vázquez A. Wollast R. Yeung V.W.-L. Zand S. Žeželj I.L. Zheng B. Zick A. Zúñiga C. Leander N.P.
January 2022 Elsevier B.V.

Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology
2022 #3

Tightening social norms is thought to be adaptive for dealing with collective threat yet it may have negative consequences for increasing prejudice. The present research investigated the role of desire for cultural tightness, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, in increasing negative attitudes towards immigrants. We used participant-level data from 41 countries (N = 55,015) collected as part of the PsyCorona project, a cross-national longitudinal study on responses to COVID-19. Our predictions were tested through multilevel and SEM models, treating participants as nested within countries. Results showed that peoples concern with COVID-19 threat was related to greater desire for tightness which, in turn, was linked to more negative attitudes towards immigrants. These findings were followed up with a longitudinal model (N = 2,349) which also showed that peoples heightened concern with COVID-19 in an earlier stage of the pandemic was associated with an increase in their desire for tightness and negative attitudes towards immigrants later in time. Our findings offer insight into the trade-offs that tightening social norms under collective threat has for human groups.

COVID-19 , Desire for tightness , Negative attitudes , Threat

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Sapienza University of Rome
California State University
University of Maryland
University of Groningen
New York University Abu Dhabi
University of Thessaly
International Islamic University Malaysia
Pristine University
Ankara Science University
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
University of Sargodha
Sabanci University
De La Salle University
University of Virginia
Thammasat University
Sungkyunkwan University
Heriot Watt University
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
University of Belgrade
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Leuphana University of Luneburg
University of Kent
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Duke University
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Setif 2 University
University of Bristol
Menoufia University
Universitas Indonesia
National Chung-Cheng University
University of Novi Sad
University of Zagreb
Yale-NUS College
HCMC University of Education
Indipendent researcher
Durham University
Udayana University
University of Queensland
University of Limerick
University of Sheffield
Carleton University
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
University of Cordoba
University of Peshawar
University of Milano-Bicocca
National Distance Education University (UNED)
National Research University Higher School of Economics
NUCB Business School
University of Camerino (UNICAM)
University of Bielefeld
University of Siena
University of Exeter
M. narikbayev KAZGUU University
New York University Shanghai
University of Amsterdam
King Saud University
California State University
Nagoya University
Leiden University
Utrecht University
University of Georgia
Lingnan University
Imperial College London
Bielefeld University
Universidad de Chile
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Sultan Qaboos University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Université Clermont-Auvergne

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