Does culture matter social distancing under the COVID-19 pandemic?

Huynh, Toan Luu Duc

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104872

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“…In contrast, several countries, such as the United States (U.S.) and Brazil, suffer more from this pandemic due to relaxed social distancing. The possible reason for this is that people have different risk perceptions and viewpoints towards the pandemic because of differences in cultural backgrounds across these countries [ 5 ]. Additionally, different countries proposed different physical distancing rules, like keeping at least a 2 m (6 feet) distance (in the U.S. or the United Kingdom (U.K.)), a 1.5 m distance (in Australia), or a 1 m distance (in China and South Africa) from others (see Table 1 ).…”

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“…First, at the national and cultural dimension levels, Akim and Ayivodji [ 33 ] concluded that certain economic and fiscal interventions were associated with higher compliance with social distancing. Huynh [ 5 ] found that countries with higher “Uncertainty Avoidance Index” indicate a lower proportion of public gatherings. Likewise and Moon [ 34 ] explored the role of cultural orientations and showed that vertical collectivism predicted stronger compliance with social distancing norms.…”

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The Impact of Risk Perception on Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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Liang

Dulebenets

et al. 2020

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Social distancing is one of the most recommended policies worldwide to reduce diffusion risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a risk management perspective, this study explores the mechanism of the risk perception effect on social distancing in order to improve individual physical distancing behavior. The data for this study were collected from 317 Chinese residents in May 2020 using an internet-based survey. A structural equation model (SEM) and hierarchical linear regression (HLR) analyses were conducted to examine all the considered research hypotheses. The results show that risk perception significantly affects perceived understanding and social distancing behaviors in a positive way. Perceived understanding has a significant positive correlation with social distancing behaviors and plays a mediating role in the relationship between risk perception and social distancing behaviors. Furthermore, safety climate positively predicts social distancing behaviors but lessens the positive correlation between risk perception and social distancing. Hence, these findings suggest effective management guidelines for successful implementation of the social distancing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic by emphasizing the critical role of risk perception, perceived understanding, and safety climate.

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The Impact of Risk Perception on Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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Liang

Dulebenets

et al. 2020

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“…Huynh [ 1 ] examined the role of the cultural dimension in practising social distancing in the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic across 58 different countries. Social distancing data was collected from the Google COVID-19 community mobility reports covering the period from 16 February to 29 March 2020.…”

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“…According to [ 2 ], Greece has the highest Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) index of 112, Sweden has one of the lowest (29), whereas Israel and Italy are ranked close to each other with UAI values of 81 and 75, respectively. The high value of UAI in Greece, possibly associated with a low level of massive gatherings [ 1 ], may provide a partial explanation for the extremely low mortality rate observed in Greece vs. the other three countries, but, apparently, UAI has nothing to do with the huge gap in mortality rates between Italy and Israel. It is also noteworthy that by the end of July 2020, Israel slightly surpassed Sweden in the number of confirmed cases per 100k in population, both countries having 2 times higher proportion of cases than Italy and 20 times higher than Greece.…”

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The first wave of COVID-19 in Israel—Initial analysis of publicly available data

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The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Israel on February 21, 2020. Within approximately 30 days, the total number of confirmed cases climbed up to 1, 000, accompanied by a doubling period of less than 3 days. About one week later, after this number exceeded 4, 000 cases, and following some extreme lockdown measures taken by the Israeli government, the daily infection rate started a sharp decrease from the peak value of 1, 131 down to slightly more than 100 new confirmed cases on April 30. Motivated by this encouraging data, similar to the trends observed in many other countries, along with the growing economic pressures, the Israeli government has quickly lifted most of its emergency regulations. Throughout May, the daily number of new cases stayed at a very low level of 20–40 until at the end of May it started a steady increase, exceeding 1, 000 by the end of June and 2, 000 on July 22. As suggested by some experts and popular media, this disturbing trend may be even a part of a “second wave”. This article attempts to analyze the data available on Israel at the end of July 2020, compared to three European countries (Greece, Italy, and Sweden), in order to understand the local dynamics of COVID-19, assess the effect of the implemented intervention measures, and discuss some plausible scenarios for the foreseeable future.

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“…Systematic literature reviews and meta-analytical evidence [18,19] have shown that digital technologies may be effective in improving workers' mental health. Particularly, as far as physical distancing and avoidance of social gatherings will be among the best public health and safety measures to be adopted to counter the recent Covid-19 pandemic outbreak [57], and governments subsequently establish consistent rules worldwide [58], the importance of digital solutions for workplace mental health promotion will become apparent. In this context, workplace research and intervention activities will need to happen remotely, including those regarding mental health and psychosocial well-being at work.…”

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H-WORK Project: Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces

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Giusino

Nielsen

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The paper describes the study design, research questions and methods of a large, international intervention project aimed at improving employee mental health and well-being in SMEs and public organisations. The study is innovative in multiple ways. First, it goes beyond the current debate on whether individual- or organisational-level interventions are most effective in improving employee health and well-being and tests the cumulative effects of multilevel interventions, that is, interventions addressing individual, group, leader and organisational levels. Second, it tailors its interventions to address the aftermaths of the Covid-19 pandemic and develop suitable multilevel interventions for dealing with new ways of working. Third, it uses realist evaluation to explore and identify the working ingredients of and the conditions required for each level of intervention, and their outcomes. Finally, an economic evaluation will assess both the cost-effectiveness analysis and the affordability of the interventions from the employer perspective. The study integrates the training transfer and the organisational process evaluation literature to develop toolkits helping end-users to promote mental health and well-being in the workplace.

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Does culture matter social distancing under the COVID-19 pandemic?

Cited by 226 publications

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The Impact of Risk Perception on Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

The Impact of Risk Perception on Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

The first wave of COVID-19 in Israel—Initial analysis of publicly available data

H-WORK Project: Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces

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