Family still matters: Human social motivation across 42 countries during a global pandemic

• Main Authors: PICK, Cari M., et. al.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: COVID-19; Family; Fundamental social motives; Cross-cultural research; Life satisfaction; Family, Life Course, and Society; Health Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3732; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4990/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S1090513822000629_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The COVID-19 pandemic caused drastic social changes for many, including separation from friends and coworkers, enforced close contact with family, reductions in mobility, and a number of other health-related precautions. Here we assess the extent to which people’s evolutionarilyrelevant basic motiva...