What protects us against the COVID-19 threat? Cultural tightness matters

• Main Authors: Dan Dong (Author), Zhipeng Chen (Author), Min Zong (Author), Peng Zhang (Author), Wen Gu (Author), Yi Feng (Author), Zhihong Qiao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The only previous studies that formulated a theoretical model of epidemics for psychological response relative to cultural perspectives have focused on the role of individualism-collectivism and have omitted analysis of tightness-looseness. This study explored the role of cultura...