Abstract
The current study examines whether the prevalence of COVID-19 cases and cultural flexibility correlate to one's use of acceptance coping across 26 cultures. We analyzed data from 7476 participants worldwide at the start of the first outbreak from March 2020 to June 2020. Results showed that cultural flexibility moderated the relationship between COVID-19 cases and individuals' acceptance coping strategies. Specifically, for cultures with high flexibility, COVID-19 cases correlated with more acceptance coping; for cultures with low flexibility, COVID-19 cases correlated with less acceptance coping. This result demonstrates how participants from flexible cultures can coexist with the realistic challenges and suffering faced during this pandemic.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e12919 |
| Journal | Social and Personality Psychology Compass |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 6 Dec 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Prof. Victoria Yeung is a member of Global COVID Project.Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Funding
This project was partially supported with funding from the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development at the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 71901100).
Keywords
- COVID-19 prevalence
- acceptance coping
- cultural flexibility
