TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural perspectives on the role of empathy during covid-19’s first wave
AU - Butovskaya, Marina L.
AU - Burkova, Valentina N.
AU - Randall, Ashley K.
AU - Donato, Silvia
AU - Fedenok, Julija N.
AU - Hocker, Lauren
AU - Kline, Kai M.
AU - Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh
AU - Alghraibeh, Ahmad M.
AU - Mutsher Allami, Fathil Bakir
AU - Alpaslan, Fadime Suata
AU - Abdelaziz Al-Zu’Bi, Mohammad Ahmad
AU - Biçer, Derya Fatma
AU - Cetinkaya, Hakan
AU - David, Oana Alexandra
AU - Dural, Seda
AU - Erickson, Paige
AU - Ermakov, Alexey M.
AU - Ertugrul, Berna
AU - Fayankinnu, Emmanuel Abiodun
AU - Fisher, Maryanne L.
AU - Hromatko, Ivana
AU - Kasparova, Elena
AU - Kavina, Alexander
AU - Khun-Inkeeree, Hareesol
AU - Koç, Fırat
AU - Kolodkin, Vladimir
AU - Maceacheron, Melanie
AU - Maruf, Irma Rachmawati
AU - Meskó, Norbert
AU - Mkrtchyan, Ruzan
AU - Nurisnaeny, Poppy Setiawati
AU - Ojedokun, Oluyinka
AU - Adebayo, Damilola
AU - Omar-Fauzee, Mohd S.B.
AU - Özener, Barıs
AU - Tinoco Ponciano, Edna Lúcia
AU - Popov, Igor V.
AU - Rizwan, Muhammad
AU - Sabiniewicz, Agnieszka
AU - Spodina, Victoriya I.
AU - Stoyanova, Stanislava
AU - Tripathi, Nachiketa
AU - Upadhyay, Satwik
AU - Weisfeld, Carol
AU - Mohd Yaakob, Mohd Faiz
AU - Yusof, Mat Rahimi
AU - Zinurova, Raushaniia I.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (grant No 18-18-00075) (Marina L. Butovskaya, Valentina N. Burkova). The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding this work through Support to Ahmad M. Alghraibeh (Saudi Arabia). This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project № 20-04-60263 (Alexey M. Ermakov, Igor V. Popov). Data collection in Hungary was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) awarded to N. Meskó (K125437).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the world, and concerns about psychological, social, and economic consequences are growing rapidly. Individuals’ empathy-based reactions towards others may be an important resilience factor in the face of COVID-19. Self-report data from 15,375 participants across 23 countries were collected from May to August 2020 during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, this study examined different facets of empathy—Perspective-Taking, Empathic Concern, and Personal Distress, and their association with cross-cultural ratings on Individualism, Power Distance, The Human Development Index, Social Support Ranking, and the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index, as well as the currently confirmed number of cases of COVID-19 at the time of data collection. The highest ratings on Perspective-Taking were obtained for USA, Brazil, Italy, Croatia, and Armenia (from maximum to minimum); on Empathetic Concern, for the USA, Brazil, Hungary, Italy, and Indonesia; and on Personal Distress, from Brazil, Turkey, Italy, Armenia, Indonesia. Results also present associations between demographic factors and empathy across countries. Limitations and future directions are presented.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the world, and concerns about psychological, social, and economic consequences are growing rapidly. Individuals’ empathy-based reactions towards others may be an important resilience factor in the face of COVID-19. Self-report data from 15,375 participants across 23 countries were collected from May to August 2020 during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, this study examined different facets of empathy—Perspective-Taking, Empathic Concern, and Personal Distress, and their association with cross-cultural ratings on Individualism, Power Distance, The Human Development Index, Social Support Ranking, and the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index, as well as the currently confirmed number of cases of COVID-19 at the time of data collection. The highest ratings on Perspective-Taking were obtained for USA, Brazil, Italy, Croatia, and Armenia (from maximum to minimum); on Empathetic Concern, for the USA, Brazil, Hungary, Italy, and Indonesia; and on Personal Distress, from Brazil, Turkey, Italy, Armenia, Indonesia. Results also present associations between demographic factors and empathy across countries. Limitations and future directions are presented.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Empathy
KW - Human Development Index
KW - Individualism
KW - Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index
KW - Interpersonal Reactivity Index
KW - Power Distance
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U2 - 10.3390/su13137431
DO - 10.3390/su13137431
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110147514
VL - 13
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
SN - 2071-1050
IS - 13
M1 - 7431
ER -