Curșeu Petru Lucian, Coman Andra Diana, Panchenko Anton, Fodor Oana Cătălina, Rațiu Lucia
Psychology Department, Babeş - Bolyai University, 37 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Department of Organization, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Curr Psychol. 2023;42(2):1490-1503. doi: 10.1007/s12144-020-01171-8. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
Our study investigates several antecedents and consequences of negative emotional reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-national sample of 737 participants. Our results show that COVID-19 anxiety and negative mood are positively predicted by death anxiety and the use in communication of general COVID-19 information. Death reflection reduces negative mood in relation to COVID-19 and attenuates the positive association between death anxiety on the one hand and the negative mood and anxiety in relation to COVID-19 on the other hand. The use of humoristic information about COVID-19 reduces anxiety and social distance towards people infected with COVID-19 and also attenuates the positive association between the use in communication of general COVID-19 information and negative mood in relation to COVID-19. Our results also show that the association between death anxiety and social distance towards those infected with COVID-19 is mediated by anxiety and negative mood in relation to COVID-19. Finally, the association between the use of COVID-19 information in interpersonal communication and social distance is mediated by anxiety and negative mood in relation to COVID-19. The study thus reveals specific insights for tailored interventions to reduce negativity towards people infected with COVID-19.
我们的研究在一个由737名参与者组成的跨国样本中，调查了对新冠疫情产生负面情绪反应的若干前因和后果。我们的研究结果表明，对新冠疫情的焦虑和负面情绪可由死亡焦虑以及在沟通中使用一般新冠疫情信息正向预测。对死亡的思考能减轻与新冠疫情相关的负面情绪，并减弱一方面死亡焦虑与另一方面与新冠疫情相关的负面情绪和焦虑之间的正向关联。使用关于新冠疫情的幽默信息能减少对新冠感染者的焦虑和社交距离，还能减弱在沟通中使用一般新冠疫情信息与与新冠疫情相关的负面情绪之间的正向关联。我们的研究结果还表明，死亡焦虑与对新冠感染者的社交距离之间的关联，是由与新冠疫情相关的焦虑和负面情绪介导的。最后，在人际沟通中使用新冠疫情信息与社交距离之间的关联，是由与新冠疫情相关的焦虑和负面情绪介导的。因此，该研究揭示了针对减少对新冠感染者负面态度的量身定制干预措施的具体见解。
