Department of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
Department Didactics and School Organisation, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain.
Psychol Health. 2022 Jul;37(7):828-846. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2021.1896717. Epub 2021 Mar 7.
This study examines how people socially represent the COVID-19 pandemic in the early stage of the health crisis in Europe. Specifically, this research analyses the days before and immediately after the declaration of the state of emergency in Spain, which resulted in the entire population being placed in lockdown. For this purpose, we used the Grid Elaboration Method for free association elicited by the word "coronavirus". This exercise was completed by 1037 people from Spain. . Responses were analysed using Iramuteq software for lexical analysis. Before the state of emergency and lockdown, there was a repeat of many of the emotional and cognitive patterns seen in previous pandemics such us upward and downward blaming or feelings of anger and emotional fatigue. However, outward blaming patterns towards peers also emerged. Moreover, in the period following lockdown, we noted the emergence of new representations and emotions such as paralyzing distrust or resilience. Similarity analysis revealed that the "fear of pandemic" hides a wide variety of emotions. Understanding the blaming and fear processes that are linked to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain offers us practical implications for coping with the challenge of this new crisis.
本研究考察了在欧洲卫生危机的早期阶段，人们如何在社会层面上对 COVID-19 大流行进行描述。具体来说，本研究分析了西班牙宣布进入紧急状态之前和之后的几天，这导致全体民众都被封锁在家中。为此，我们使用了“冠状病毒”引发的自由联想网格细化方法，该方法由来自西班牙的 1037 人完成。使用 Iramuteq 软件对词汇分析进行了响应分析。在紧急状态和封锁之前，出现了许多与之前大流行相似的情绪和认知模式的重复，例如向上和向下指责或愤怒和情绪疲劳的感觉。然而，也出现了对外界同伴的指责模式。此外，在封锁后的时期，我们注意到新的代表性和情绪的出现，例如麻痹的不信任或弹性。相似性分析表明，“对大流行的恐惧”隐藏着各种各样的情绪。了解与 COVID-19 大流行在西班牙出现相关的指责和恐惧过程，为我们应对这一新危机提供了实际的应对方法。
