Sharma Gagan Deep, Ghura Amarpreet Singh, Mahendru Mandeep, Erkut Burak, Kaur Tavleen, Bedi Deepali
University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India.
FLAME University, Pune, India.
Front Psychol. 2020 Oct 15;11:575491. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575491. eCollection 2020.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has spread to the entire world and is severely affecting social psychology. We conducted semi-structured interviews on 59 subjects from India to investigate the impact of information, misinfodemics (spread of wrong information), and isolation on their psychology. We perform qualitative analysis on the data. Our findings reveal that flow of information leads to anxiety, caution, and knowledge; while misinfodemics cause panic, distrust, and confusion; and isolation creates cognitive dissonance (the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes) and adaptability among masses. The encouraging part of our findings is that, as of now, the situation is far from the state of depression. Practically, our research calls upon the government to support the masses in fighting through the crisis by focusing on pointed psychological counseling. We contribute theoretically to the body of knowledge in the field of social psychology, which is studying the psychological interventions to avoid panic amid pandemic. Future researchers in the area would do well by detailing the psychological interventions required to contain the negative impacts of the pandemic on social psychology.
新冠疫情已蔓延至全球，严重影响着社会心理。我们对59名来自印度的受试者进行了半结构化访谈，以调查信息、错误信息传播（错误信息的传播）和隔离对他们心理的影响。我们对数据进行了定性分析。我们的研究结果表明，信息流动会导致焦虑、谨慎和知识增长；而错误信息传播会引发恐慌、不信任和困惑；隔离则会在大众中造成认知失调（思想、信念或态度不一致的状态）并影响适应能力。我们研究结果中令人鼓舞的部分是，截至目前，情况远未达到抑郁状态。实际上，我们的研究呼吁政府通过专注于有针对性的心理咨询来支持大众度过危机。我们在社会心理学领域的知识体系中做出了理论贡献，该领域正在研究心理干预措施以避免疫情期间的恐慌。该领域未来的研究人员若能详细说明控制疫情对社会心理负面影响所需的心理干预措施，将会做得很好。
