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  • Social Psychology
  • Cultural Psychology
  • Environmental Psychology

Background:

  • Societal challenges such as climate change and pandemics are increasingly recognized as interconnected.
  • Cultural values may influence how individuals perceive these complex interrelationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between collectivism and the perception of interconnectedness between societal challenges.
  • To determine if collectivism predicts perceiving scientifically valid or general interconnectedness.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized two large-scale studies with international (N=12,955) and U.S. (N=1006) samples.
  • Assessed cultural values, specifically collectivism, and perceptions of interconnectedness between phenomena.

Main Results:

  • Higher collectivism correlated with a stronger perception of interconnectedness between climate change and pandemics.
  • Collectivistic individuals also perceived stronger links between scientifically invalid phenomena (e.g., constellations and viruses).

Conclusions:

  • Collectivism is associated with a general tendency to perceive interrelations, not exclusively valid ones.
  • This tendency presents both opportunities and challenges for addressing complex global issues.