Greater traditionalism predicts COVID-19 precautionary behaviors across 27 societies

• Main Authors: Samore, Theodore, Fessler, D. M. T., Sparks, A. M., Holbrook, C., Aaroe, L., LI, Norman P., TAN, Kai Lin Lynn, et al
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: COVID-19; motivation; public health; pandemics; Applied Behavior Analysis; Public Health; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3771; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5029/viewcontent/Traditionalism_Covid_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

People vary both in their embrace of their society’s traditions, and in their perception of hazards as salient and necessitating a response. Over evolutionary time, traditions have offered avenues for addressing hazards, plausibly resulting in linkages between orientations toward tradition and orien...