Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Fordham University, New York City, New York, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2021 Aug;31(10):1890-1903. doi: 10.1177/10497323211011589. Epub 2021 May 13.
This study provides insight into lived experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Participant metaphors of the pandemic were collected by conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews ( = 44). Participants were asked to compare the pandemic with an animal and with a color, and to provide contextual sensemaking about their metaphors. A metaphor analysis revealed four convergent mental models of participants' pandemic experiences (i.e., uncertainty, danger, grotesque, and misery) as well as four primary emotions associated with those mental models (i.e., grief, disgust, anger, and fear). Through metaphor, participants were able to articulate deeply felt, implicit emotions about their pandemic experiences that were otherwise obscured and undiscussable. Theoretical and practical implications of these collective mental models and associated collective emotions related to the unprecedented collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed.
本研究深入探讨了美国民众对新冠疫情的切身感受。通过开展深入的半结构化访谈收集了参与者对疫情的隐喻（n=44）。受访者被要求将疫情与一种动物和一种颜色进行比较，并对他们的隐喻做出语境解释。隐喻分析揭示了参与者对疫情体验的四种趋同心理模型（即不确定性、危险、怪诞和痛苦），以及与这些心理模型相关的四种主要情绪（即悲伤、厌恶、愤怒和恐惧）。通过隐喻，参与者能够清晰地表达出他们对疫情经历的深切感受，这些感受在其他情况下是被掩盖和无法讨论的。本文讨论了与新冠疫情这一前所未有的集体创伤相关的这些集体心理模型和集体情绪的理论和实践意义。
