The role of cosmopolitan orientation in COVID-19-related attitudes: Perceived threats and opportunities, vaccination willingness, and support for collective containment efforts

• Main Authors: LEUNG, Angela K. Y., KOH, Brandon, LUA, Verity Yu Qing, LIU, James H., CHOI, Sarah Y., LEE, I-Ching, LEE, Michelle, LIN, Mei-Hua, HODGETTS, Darrin, CHEN, Sylvia X.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Cosmopolitan orientation; Global consciousness; Pancultural; COVID-19; Vaccine; Environmental sustainability; Applied Behavior Analysis; Multicultural Psychology; Public Health; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3828; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5086/viewcontent/RoleCosmopolitanOrientation_COVID_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Cosmopolitan individuals identify themselves as "citizens of the world." In the present research, we tested the idea that endorsing a cosmopolitan orientation (CO) is adaptive in the COVID-19 crisis. Cosmopolitan individuals more readily transcend national parochialism, show greater concer...