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Prosociality and Hoarding amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tale of Four Countries

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  • D.C.K. Tse

    (University of Strathclyde [Glasgow], CUHK - The Chinese University of Hong Kong [Hong Kong])

  • V.W. Lau

    (OU - University of Oklahoma)

  • Y.-Y. Hong

    (CUHK - The Chinese University of Hong Kong [Hong Kong])

  • M.C. Bligh

    (Claremont Graduate University [Claremont, CA ])

  • Maria Kakarika

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that poses a challenge to humanity. Drawing on the stress and coping literature, we argue that people around the world alleviate their anxiety and stress induced by the pandemic through both prosocial and `self-interested' hoarding behaviours. This cross-cultural survey study examined the pushing (threat perception) and pulling (moral identity) factors that predicted prosocial acts and hoarding, and subsequently psychological well-being. Data were collected from 9 April to 14 May 2020 from 251 participants in the United Kingdom (UK), 268 in the United States (US), 197 in Germany (DE), and 200 in Hong Kong (HK). Whereas threat perception was associated positively with both prosocial acts and hoarding, benevolent moral identity was associated positively with the former but not the latter behaviour. We also observed cross-cultural differences, such that both effects were stronger in more individualistic (UK, US) countries than less individualistic (HK, DE) ones. The findings shed light on the prosocial vs. self-interested behavioural responses of people in different cultures towards the same pandemic crisis. \textcopyright 2021 The Authors. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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  • D.C.K. Tse & V.W. Lau & Y.-Y. Hong & M.C. Bligh & Maria Kakarika, 2022. "Prosociality and Hoarding amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tale of Four Countries," Post-Print hal-04452681, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04452681
    DOI: 10.1002/casp.2516
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