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The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control
When ecological threats are more severe or prevalent, societies are more likely to tighten their social norms and punishments. Moreover, when people follow clear and tight rules, they are more prone to regulate their behavior (i.e., self-control) in order to avoid punishment. Therefore, we examined...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34594277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713952 |
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author | Mula, Silvana Di Santo, Daniela Gelfand, Michele J. Cabras, Cristina Pierro, Antonio |
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description | When ecological threats are more severe or prevalent, societies are more likely to tighten their social norms and punishments. Moreover, when people follow clear and tight rules, they are more prone to regulate their behavior (i.e., self-control) in order to avoid punishment. Therefore, we examined the mediating role of people’s endorsement of cultural tightness (i.e., support and desire) on the relationship between concern with COVID-19 threat and personal self-control. Our hypothesis was tested through a mediation model in two studies with a sample of (N=315, 77.1% females, M(age)=23.71) university students (Study 1) and with a heterogeneous sample of (N=239, 65.7% females, M(age)=36.55) participants (Study 2). Empirical support for the proposed model was found in both studies. Implications of this research will be discussed. The main implication is related to the possibility that people’s desire for strong norms to cope with the COVID-19 threat could promote greater self-regulated preventive behavior in order to protect their health. |
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spelling | pubmed-84767432021-09-29 The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control Mula, Silvana Di Santo, Daniela Gelfand, Michele J. Cabras, Cristina Pierro, Antonio Front Psychol Psychology When ecological threats are more severe or prevalent, societies are more likely to tighten their social norms and punishments. Moreover, when people follow clear and tight rules, they are more prone to regulate their behavior (i.e., self-control) in order to avoid punishment. Therefore, we examined the mediating role of people’s endorsement of cultural tightness (i.e., support and desire) on the relationship between concern with COVID-19 threat and personal self-control. Our hypothesis was tested through a mediation model in two studies with a sample of (N=315, 77.1% females, M(age)=23.71) university students (Study 1) and with a heterogeneous sample of (N=239, 65.7% females, M(age)=36.55) participants (Study 2). Empirical support for the proposed model was found in both studies. Implications of this research will be discussed. The main implication is related to the possibility that people’s desire for strong norms to cope with the COVID-19 threat could promote greater self-regulated preventive behavior in order to protect their health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8476743/ /pubmed/34594277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713952 Text en Copyright © 2021 Mula, Di Santo, Gelfand, Cabras and Pierro. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Mula, Silvana Di Santo, Daniela Gelfand, Michele J. Cabras, Cristina Pierro, Antonio The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control |
title | The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control |
title_full | The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control |
title_fullStr | The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control |
title_full_unstemmed | The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control |
title_short | The Mediational Role of Desire for Cultural Tightness on Concern With COVID-19 and Perceived Self-Control |
title_sort | mediational role of desire for cultural tightness on concern with covid-19 and perceived self-control |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8476743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34594277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713952 |
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