Increase of Collectivistic Expression in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Empirical Study on Online Social Networks | |
Han, Nuo1,2; Ren, Xiaopeng1,2; Wu, Peijing1,2; Liu, Xiaoqian1; Zhu, Tingshao1,2 | |
刊名 | FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY |
2021-04-20 | |
卷号 | 12页码:9 |
关键词 | collectivism pathogen-prevalence hypothesis online social networks big data COVID-19 |
ISSN号 | 1664-1078 |
DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.632204 |
产权排序 | 1 |
文献子类 | 实证研究 |
英文摘要 | The pathogen-prevalence hypothesis postulates that collectivism would be strengthened in the long term in tandem with recurrent attacks of infectious diseases. However, it is unclear whether a one-time pathogen epidemic would elevate collectivism. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the widespread prevalence of online social networks have provided researchers an opportunity to explore this issue. This study sampled and analyzed the posts of 126,165 active users on Weibo, a leading Chinese online social network. It used independent-sample t-tests to examine whether COVID-19 had an impact on Chinese collectivistic value-related behaviors by comparing the usage frequency of personal pronouns, group-related words, and relationship-related words before and after the outbreak. Overall, most collectivist words exhibited a significant upward trend after the outbreak. In turn, this tendency pointed to a rising sense of collectivism (versus individualism). Hence, this study confirmed the pathogen-prevalence hypothesis in real settings, finding that an outbreak of an infectious disease such as COVID-19 could exert an impact on collectivism and may deliver a theoretical basis for psychological protection against the threat of COVID-19. However, further evaluation is required to ascertain whether this trend is universal or culture-specific. |
资助项目 | National Social Science Fund of China[20BSH142] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31700984] |
WOS关键词 | PATHOGEN PREVALENCE ; INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM ; ASSORTATIVE SOCIALITY ; CULTURE ; PERSONALITY ; FACEBOOK ; DISEASE ; EXTROVERSION ; VARIABILITY ; MANAGEMENT |
WOS研究方向 | Psychology |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000646375300001 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/39386] |
专题 | 心理研究所_中国科学院行为科学重点实验室 |
通讯作者 | Ren, Xiaopeng; Zhu, Tingshao |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Han, Nuo,Ren, Xiaopeng,Wu, Peijing,et al. Increase of Collectivistic Expression in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Empirical Study on Online Social Networks[J]. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,2021,12:9. |
APA | Han, Nuo,Ren, Xiaopeng,Wu, Peijing,Liu, Xiaoqian,&Zhu, Tingshao.(2021).Increase of Collectivistic Expression in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Empirical Study on Online Social Networks.FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,12,9. |
MLA | Han, Nuo,et al."Increase of Collectivistic Expression in China During the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Empirical Study on Online Social Networks".FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 12(2021):9. |
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