How National Culture Influences the Speed of COVID-19 Spread: Three Cross-Cultural Studies

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In-group collectivism is defined as "the degree to which individuals express pride, loyalty, and cohesiveness in their organizations or families" (199). In-group collectivism is tested against the length (in days) of each phase, the average daily cases of each phase, and the average daily case growth rate for each phase in study 2. The relationship between in-group collectivism and number of days was significant for phase 2 (coefficient=-31.56, p<.05), phase 3 (coefficient=-53.71, p<.01), phase 5 (coefficient=-12.53, p<.01), phase 6 (coefficient=-3.81, p<.01), phase 7 (coefficient=-5.29, p<.1), phase 10 (coefficient=-6.29, p<.05), and phase 13 (coefficient=419.68, p<.1) (wrong direction). The relationship between in-group collectivism and average daily cases was significant for phase 1 (coefficient=34.17, p<.05), phase 3 (coefficient=211.27, p<.05), phase 4 (coefficient= 427.20, p<.05), phase 5 (coefficient=490.49, p<.05), phase 8 (coefficient=444.74, p<.05), phase 9 (coefficient=376.13, p<.05), and phase 10 (coefficient=407.74, p<.1). The relationship between in-group collectivism and average daily case growth was significant for phase 3 (coefficient=8.88, p<.1), phase 4 (coefficient=15.71, p<.1), phase 5 (coefficient=18.09, p<.05), phase 6 (coefficient=10.20, p<.1), phase 8 (coefficient=7.14, p<.05), and phase 9 (coefficient=5.46, p<.05). In-group collectivism seems to have sped up the spread of COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.