Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries

• Main Authors: Andrighetto, Giulia, Szekely, Aron, Guido, Andrea, Gelfand, Michele, Abernathy, Jered, Arikan, Gizem, Aycan, Zeynep, Bankar, Shweta, Barrera, Davide, Basnight-Brown, Dana, Belaus, Anabel, Berezina, Elizaveta *, Blumen, Sheyla, Boski, Pawel, Bui, Huyen Thi Thu, Cardenas, Juan Camilo, Cekrlija, Anorde, de Barra, Micheal, de Zoysa, Piyanjali, Dorrough, Angela
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2024
• Subjects: BF Psychology
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2559/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44999-5
• Institution: Sunway University

The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which societies generally have strong norms), specific social norms (e.g. stealing...