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COSMOPOLITAN CIVIL SOCIETIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 28-43Publisher
UNIV TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY-UTS EPRESS
DOI: 10.5130/ccs.v13.i2.7548
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Social Value Orientation; Pandemic; Public Confidence; Prosocial; Democracy; Maldives
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The social value orientations (SVOs) in Maldivian society lean towards prosocial, which is beneficial for implementing pandemic containment measures. Factors such as urban-rural divide, age, and gender influence the SVOs on dimensions like openness to change vs. conservation, and self-enhancement vs. self-transcendence. The moderate level of SVOs and confidence in public institutions reflect the democratic landscape of the country.
Social value orientations (SVOs) of a society determine peoples' behaviour and are critical for young democracies in crises. This paper draws on the Maldives Values in Crisis survey, conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. SVOs assessed using the Schwartz Personal Values Questionnaire shows that Maldivian society weigh slightly towards prosocial. Urban-rural, age, and gender determine the SVOs on the dimension of Openness to change versus Conservation white age and gender determine the SVOs on Self-enhancement versus Self-transcendence dimension. Confidence in the public institutions were moderate and not associated with the SVOs. The moderate level of SVOs and confidence in institutions reflects the democratic landscape of the country. Although prosocial SVOs are favourable for implementing containment measures of the pandemic, without a strong value orientation towards conservation and self-transcendence, and confidence in the institutions, the country faces the risk of non-compliance to measures and escalation of the crisis.
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