@article{Mula_S-2021_58503,
title = {Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness},
author = {Mula, S. and Santo, D. and Resta, E. and Bakhtiari, F. and Baldner, C. and Molinario, E. and Pierro, A. and Gelfand, M. and Denison, E. and Agostini, M. and Bélanger, J. and Gützkow, B. and Kreienkamp, J. and Abakoumkin, G. and Abdul Khaiyom, J. and Ahmedi, V. and Akkas, H. and Almenara, C. and Atta, M. and Bagci, S. and Basel, S. and Berisha Kida, E. and Bernardo, A. and Buttrick, N. and Chobthamkit, P. and Choi, H. and Cristea, M. and Csaba, S. and Damnjanović, K. and Danyliuk, I. and Dash, A. and Douglas, K. and Enea, V. and Faller, D. and Fitzsimons, G. and Gheorghi, A. and Gómez, Á. and Hamaidia, A. and Han, Q. and Helmy, M. and Hudiyana, J. and Jeronimus, B. and Jiang, D. and Jovanović, V. and Kamenov, Ž. and Kende, A. and Keng, S. and Kieu, T. and Koc, Y. and Kovyazina, K. and Kozytska, I. and Krause, J. and Kruglanski, A. and Kurapov, A. and Kutlaca, M. and Lantos, N. and Lemay, E. and Lesmana, C. and Louis, W. and Lueders, A. and Malik, N. and Martinez, A. and McCabe, K. and Mehulić, J. and Milla, M. and Mohammed, I. and Moyano, M. and Muhammad, H. and Muluk, H. and Myroniuk, S. and Najafi, R. and Nisa, C. and Nyúl, B. and O'Keefe, P. and Olivas Osuna, J. and Osin, E. and Park, J. and Pica, G. and Rees, J. and Reitsema, A. and Rullo, M. and Ryan, M. and Samekin, A. and Santtila, P. and Sasin, E. and Schumpe, B. and Selim, H. and Stanton, M. and Stroebe, W. and Sultana, S. and Sutton, R. and Tseliou, E. and Utsugi, A. and van Breen, J. and van Lissa, C. and van Veen, K. and vanDellen, M. and Vázquez, A. and Wollast, R. and Yeung, V. and Zand, S. and Žeželj, I. and Zheng, B. and Zick, A. and Zúñiga, C. and Leander, N.},
month = {dec},
year = {2021},
abstract = {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 people's 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 people's 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.},
volume = {3},
journal = {Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology},
publisher = {Elsevier},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100028},
}
