Zhao Li, Wang Zhen, Guan Jian, Shen Panyan, Zhao Wen, Zuo Guoguo
Department of Social Psychology, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Department of Applied Psychology, School of Law, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Sichuan, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 11;12:694988. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694988. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tremendously impacts the physical and mental health of humans worldwide. Consequently, studies on COVID-19 remain extensive. However, most of them were mainly focused on the pathological mechanisms and treatment methods from medical perspectives. Various reports have indicated that COVID-19 is closely related to stigma and discrimination, but little statistical information has been integrated quantitatively to describe the situation in China. Thus, this study investigated the COVID-19-related stigma of individuals. We collected the online survey data from 1,920 Chinese participants from October to December 2020. Findings showed that 306 (15.94%), 285 (14.84%), 265 (13.80%), and 100 (5.21%) participants endorsed stigma toward individuals in high-risk areas, recovered patients with COVID-19, families of recovered patients with COVID-19, and frontline healthcare providers, respectively. To understand the possible factors that could impact the COVID-19-related stigma, knowledge about COVID-19 was investigated. Generally, knowledge about COVID-19 was negatively associated with COVID-19-related stigma in general, while no significant relationship existed between the knowledge about COVID-19 and the COVID-19-related stigma in the groups who had held COVID-19-related stigma. Ultimately, individuals showed COVID-19-related stigma toward recovered patients and their families, individuals in high-risk areas, and frontline healthcare providers to some extent. The results of this study can provide reference to nations, governments, and organizations in addressing the stigma issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）对全球人类的身心健康产生了巨大影响。因此，关于COVID-19的研究仍然广泛。然而，其中大多数主要集中在医学角度的病理机制和治疗方法上。各种报告表明，COVID-19与污名化和歧视密切相关，但很少有统计信息被定量整合来描述中国的情况。因此，本研究调查了个体与COVID-19相关的污名。我们收集了2020年10月至12月来自1920名中国参与者的在线调查数据。结果显示，分别有306名（15.94%）、285名（14.84%）、265名（13.80%）和100名（5.21%）参与者对高风险地区的个体、COVID-19康复患者、COVID-19康复患者的家属以及一线医护人员表示了污名化态度。为了解可能影响与COVID-19相关污名的因素，我们调查了关于COVID-19的知识。总体而言，关于COVID-19的知识与一般的与COVID-19相关污名呈负相关，而在持有与COVID-19相关污名的群体中，关于COVID-19的知识与与COVID-19相关污名之间不存在显著关系。最终，个体在一定程度上对康复患者及其家属、高风险地区的个体以及一线医护人员表现出了与COVID-19相关的污名。本研究结果可为各国、政府和组织应对COVID-19大流行引发的污名问题提供参考。
