TY - JOUR
T1 - A world together
T2 - Global citizen identification as a basis for prosociality in the face of COVID-19
AU - Wang, Zhechen
AU - Jetten, Jolanda
AU - Steffens, Niklas K.
AU - Álvarez, Belén
AU - Bentley, Sarah V.
AU - Salvador Casara, Bruno Gabriel
AU - Crimston, Charlie R.
AU - Ionescu, Octavia
AU - Krug, Henning
AU - Selvanathan, Hema Preya
AU - Tanjitpiyanond, Porntida
AU - Wibisono, Susilo
AU - Chen, Shuting
AU - Wang, Jiajun
AU - Zhang, Xin
AU - Sun, Shijin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - How do global citizens respond to a global health emergency? The present research examined the association between global citizen identification and prosociality using two cross-national datasets—the World Values Survey (Study 1, N = 93,338 from 60 countries and regions) and data collected in 11 countries at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (Study 2, N = 5,427). Results showed that individuals who identified more strongly as global citizens reported greater prosociality both generally (Study 1) and more specifically in the COVID-19 global health emergency (Study 2). Notably, global citizen identification was a stronger predictor of prosociality in response to COVID-19 than national identification (Study 2). Moreover, analyses revealed that shared ingroup identity accounted for the positive association between global citizen identification and prosociality (Study 2). Overall, these findings highlight global citizenship as a unique and promising direction in promoting prosociality and solidarity, especially in the fight against COVID-19.
AB - How do global citizens respond to a global health emergency? The present research examined the association between global citizen identification and prosociality using two cross-national datasets—the World Values Survey (Study 1, N = 93,338 from 60 countries and regions) and data collected in 11 countries at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (Study 2, N = 5,427). Results showed that individuals who identified more strongly as global citizens reported greater prosociality both generally (Study 1) and more specifically in the COVID-19 global health emergency (Study 2). Notably, global citizen identification was a stronger predictor of prosociality in response to COVID-19 than national identification (Study 2). Moreover, analyses revealed that shared ingroup identity accounted for the positive association between global citizen identification and prosociality (Study 2). Overall, these findings highlight global citizenship as a unique and promising direction in promoting prosociality and solidarity, especially in the fight against COVID-19.
KW - global citizen
KW - national identification
KW - prosociality
KW - shared ingroup identity
KW - the COVID-19 pandemic
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117411612&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/13684302211051619
DO - 10.1177/13684302211051619
M3 - Article
SN - 1368-4302
VL - 26
SP - 71
EP - 95
JO - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
JF - Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
IS - 1
ER -