From identity to caring: A 44‐country examination of the role of global social identifications in concern for global issues

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dc.abstract.enPrevious research suggests that people who identify with global communities tend to show greater concern for global challenges. Using student samples from 44 countries across different cultural clusters (N = 13,055), we examined whether (1) three forms of dispositional global social identification (GSI, with all humanity, citizens of the world, and people all over the world) are related to concern for global issues, (2) situational activation of these identifications increases such concern, (3) country-level traditional and survival values are negatively associated with global concern, and (4) these values moderate the GSI–concern link. Both dispositional and situational GSIs positively predicted global concern. Situational activation showed inconsistent effects, whereas dispositional GSIs demonstrated moderate and consistent associations with global concern across the full sample and most countries. Overall, dispositional forms of GSI appeared more influential than situational ones. Contrary to expectations, traditional values (and survival values—marginally) were positively related to global concern and showed no evidence of moderating GSI–concern associations. Additional analyses showed the indices of GDP per capita, Human Development, Gini, and poverty as robust predictors of global concern. We discuss how these findings refine claims about the universality of global identification outcomes and highlight the importance of socio- cultural context in shaping such concern.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorPenczek, Marta
dc.contributor.authorHamer, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorBranowska, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorZdanowicz, Zuzanna
dc.contributor.authorLoy, Laura
dc.contributor.authorSparkman, David
dc.contributor.authorBaran, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBertin, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCarmona, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorGkinopoulos, Theofilos
dc.contributor.authorHackett, Justin
dc.contributor.authorGuerra, Rita
dc.contributor.authorWlodarczyk, Anna
dc.contributor.authorMarcinkowska, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Bartek
dc.contributor.authorAkello, Grace
dc.contributor.authorAlbarello, Flavia
dc.contributor.authorAshraf, Mujeeba
dc.contributor.authorBednarowicz, Maja
dc.contributor.authorBenningstad, Nora C. G.
dc.contributor.authorBierwiaczonek, Kinga
dc.contributor.authorBornman, Elirea
dc.contributor.authorBosak, Janine
dc.contributor.authorDarkwah, Ernest
dc.contributor.authorDelouvée, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorEder, Stephanie J.
dc.contributor.authorEnea, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Agustin
dc.contributor.authorEtchezahar, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorFerris, Laura J.
dc.contributor.authorGudzovskaya, Alla A.
dc.contributor.authorGuerch, Keltouma
dc.contributor.authorHofhuis, Joep
dc.contributor.authorHornsey, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorIgbokwe, David
dc.contributor.authorIbarra, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorKamble, Shanmukh V.
dc.contributor.authorKaniasty, Krys
dc.contributor.authorKengyel, Gabriella
dc.contributor.authorKhanipour, Hamid
dc.contributor.authorLabor, Paul
dc.contributor.authorVenceslau Vieira Lima, Aline
dc.contributor.authorLoshenko, Oleksandra
dc.contributor.authorMazurowska, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorMintz, Karen K.
dc.contributor.authorMonzani, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorMoriizumi, Satoshi
dc.contributor.authorMoynihan, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorMubarique, Mohammed
dc.contributor.authorNagy, Radó P.
dc.contributor.authorNera, Kenzo
dc.contributor.authorNyul, Boglarka
dc.contributor.authorOkvitawanli, Ayu
dc.contributor.authorOsinde, James
dc.contributor.authorÖzsoy, Emrah
dc.contributor.authorPalacio, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorPešout, Ondrey
dc.contributor.authorPirttilä‐Backman, Anna-Maija
dc.contributor.authorPong, Vivien
dc.contributor.authorRentería, Erico
dc.contributor.authorRestrepo, Dayana
dc.contributor.authorSamekin, Adil
dc.contributor.authorSelim, Heyla
dc.contributor.authorSindic, Denis
dc.contributor.authorSpence, Alexa
dc.contributor.authorStöckli, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorKim‐Pong, Tam
dc.contributor.authorUngaretti, Joaquin
dc.contributor.authorYahiiaiev, Illia
dc.contributor.authorYemelyanova, Yelena
dc.date.access2026-10-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-07T08:25:11Z
dc.date.available2026-10-07T08:25:11Z
dc.date.created2026
dc.date.issued2026-12
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p> Previous research suggests that people who identify with global communities tend to show greater concern for global challenges. Using student samples from 44 countries across different cultural clusters ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic>  = 13,055), we examined whether (1) three forms of dispositional global social identification (GSI, with all humanity, citizens of the world, and people all over the world) are related to concern for global issues, (2) situational activation of these identifications increases such concern, (3) country‐level traditional and survival values are negatively associated with global concern, and (4) these values moderate the GSI–concern link. Both dispositional and situational GSIs positively predicted global concern. Situational activation showed inconsistent effects, whereas dispositional GSIs demonstrated moderate and consistent associations with global concern across the full sample and most countries. Overall, dispositional forms of GSI appeared more influential than situational ones. Contrary to expectations, traditional values (and survival values—marginally) were positively related to global concern and showed no evidence of moderating GSI–concern associations. Additional analyses showed the indices of GDP per capita, Human Development, Gini, and poverty as robust predictors of global concern. We discuss how these findings refine claims about the universality of global identification outcomes and highlight the importance of socio‐cultural context in shaping such concern. </jats:p>
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dc.description.volume47
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/pops.70186
dc.identifier.eissn1467-9221
dc.identifier.issn0162-895X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2587
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.70186
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dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
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dc.subject.enconcern for global issues
dc.subject.enGDP per capita
dc.subject.englobal social identification
dc.subject.enhuman development index
dc.subject.enidentity activation
dc.subject.ensurvival values
dc.subject.entraditional values
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dc.titleFrom identity to caring: A 44‐country examination of the role of global social identifications in concern for global issues
dc.title.journalPolitical Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
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