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The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts

Cosmopolitan individuals identify themselves as “citizens of the world.” In the present research, we tested the idea that endorsing a cosmopolitan orientation (CO) is adaptive in the COVID-19 crisis. Cosmopolitan individuals more readily transcend national parochialism, show greater concern for all...

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Main Authors:	Leung, Angela K.-y, Koh, Brandon, Lua, Verity Y. Q., Liu, James H., Choi, Sarah Y., Lee, I-Ching, Lee, Michelle, Lin, Mei Hua *, Hodgetts, Darrin, Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua
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Published:	Springer Verlag (Germany) 2023
Subjects:	QR Microbiology RC Internal medicine RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Online Access:	http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2867/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-023-05039-5
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spelling	my.sunway.eprints.28672024-07-24T07:12:46Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2867/ The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts Leung, Angela K.-y Koh, Brandon Lua, Verity Y. Q. Liu, James H. Choi, Sarah Y. Lee, I-Ching Lee, Michelle Lin, Mei Hua * Hodgetts, Darrin Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua QR Microbiology RC Internal medicine RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Cosmopolitan individuals identify themselves as “citizens of the world.” In the present research, we tested the idea that endorsing a cosmopolitan orientation (CO) is adaptive in the COVID-19 crisis. Cosmopolitan individuals more readily transcend national parochialism, show greater concern for all humanity, and prioritize collective interests. In a two-wave multi-region investigation with six samples from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and the U.S., we first established longitudinal and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the CO scale. Next, we found that people with a higher CO tended to perceive over time a greater threat posed by COVID-19, take more safety measures, advocate collaboration to contain the pandemic and see opportunities for positive change brought about by COVID-19 (e.g., environmental sustainability). Higher CO was also associated with a greater willingness to be vaccinated and a greater support for collective containment efforts. Analyses also revealed these effects to be largely generalizable across regions, thus lending strong support for the pancultural function of CO in promoting the resilience of humanity in the trying times of the COVID-19 crisis. The materials, raw dataset, and analytic code for the current study are available at https://osf.io/pqvut/?view_only=e2419d8c26534fc19e6f91433fdbfeed. Springer Verlag (Germany) 2023 Article PeerReviewed Leung, Angela K.-y and Koh, Brandon and Lua, Verity Y. Q. and Liu, James H. and Choi, Sarah Y. and Lee, I-Ching and Lee, Michelle and Lin, Mei Hua * and Hodgetts, Darrin and Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua (2023) The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts. Current Psychology, 43. pp. 18874-18888. ISSN 1046 1310 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-023-05039-5 10.1007/s12144-023-05039-5
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spellingShingle	QR Microbiology RC Internal medicine RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Leung, Angela K.-y Koh, Brandon Lua, Verity Y. Q. Liu, James H. Choi, Sarah Y. Lee, I-Ching Lee, Michelle Lin, Mei Hua * Hodgetts, Darrin Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
description	Cosmopolitan individuals identify themselves as “citizens of the world.” In the present research, we tested the idea that endorsing a cosmopolitan orientation (CO) is adaptive in the COVID-19 crisis. Cosmopolitan individuals more readily transcend national parochialism, show greater concern for all humanity, and prioritize collective interests. In a two-wave multi-region investigation with six samples from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and the U.S., we first established longitudinal and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the CO scale. Next, we found that people with a higher CO tended to perceive over time a greater threat posed by COVID-19, take more safety measures, advocate collaboration to contain the pandemic and see opportunities for positive change brought about by COVID-19 (e.g., environmental sustainability). Higher CO was also associated with a greater willingness to be vaccinated and a greater support for collective containment efforts. Analyses also revealed these effects to be largely generalizable across regions, thus lending strong support for the pancultural function of CO in promoting the resilience of humanity in the trying times of the COVID-19 crisis. The materials, raw dataset, and analytic code for the current study are available at https://osf.io/pqvut/?view_only=e2419d8c26534fc19e6f91433fdbfeed.
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author	Leung, Angela K.-y Koh, Brandon Lua, Verity Y. Q. Liu, James H. Choi, Sarah Y. Lee, I-Ching Lee, Michelle Lin, Mei Hua * Hodgetts, Darrin Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua
author_facet	Leung, Angela K.-y Koh, Brandon Lua, Verity Y. Q. Liu, James H. Choi, Sarah Y. Lee, I-Ching Lee, Michelle Lin, Mei Hua * Hodgetts, Darrin Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua
author_sort	Leung, Angela K.-y
title	The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
title_short	The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
title_full	The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
title_fullStr	The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
title_full_unstemmed	The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
title_sort	role of cosmopolitan orientation in covid-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts
publisher	Springer Verlag (Germany)
publishDate	2023
url	http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2867/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-023-05039-5
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The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts

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