Identifying with all humanity predicts cooperative health behaviors and helpful responding during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts have produced guidelines to limit the spread of the coronavirus, but individuals do not always comply with experts' recommendations. Here, we tested whether a specific psychological belief-identification with all humanity-predicts cooperation with public health guidelines as well as helpful behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that peoples' endorsement of this belief-their relative perception of a connection and moral commitment to other humans-would predict their tendencies to adopt World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and to help others. To assess this, we conducted a global online study (N = 2537 participants) of four WHO-recommended health behaviors and four pandemic-related moral dilemmas that we construct

SUBMITTER: Barragan RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7946174 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature