Croucher SMAshwell DDutta MCullinane JCondon SSpencer A2025-02-232025-02-232025-03-01Croucher SM, Ashwell D, Dutta M, Cullinane J, Condon S, Spencer A. (2025). COVID-19 fear and ethnocentrism in the global south: A cross-cultural analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 105.0147-1767https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72525This study explored the extent to which fear of COVID-19 was related to ethnocentrism in 10 Global South nations: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, and Singapore. Based on a representative sample of 2963 participants, results revealed ethnocentrism and fear of COVID-19 are positively correlated. In addition, there was a significant difference in ethnocentrism and fear of COVID-19 based on nation and sex. Theoretical implications and future research are discussed, with an emphasis on how the presence of a contagion, a virus, influences intercultural and intergroup dynamics, prejudice, and ethnocentrism.(c) The author/shttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/EthnocentrismCOVID-19Intergroup communicationCross-culturalInterculturalMANCOVAJournal article10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.1021461873-7552CC BYjournal-article102146S0147176725000094