Anggoro Florencia K, Jee Benjamin D
Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, United States.
Department of Psychology, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 16;12:734044. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.734044. eCollection 2021.
Many people across the world use cold conditions, such as cold air and wet clothes, to explain everyday illness, such as colds and flu. In Indonesia, the concept , or "trapped wind," appears to reflect this line of folknatural thinking. Interestingly, Indonesians distinguish masuk angin from the common cold, which is a frequent target for "cold weather" explanations in other cultures. We interviewed Indonesian 8- and 10-year-old children, lay adults, and medical expert adults, about the cause, contagiousness, and treatment of everyday illnesses: the common cold, the flu, and masuk angin. Most Indonesian children, and especially adults, believed that cold and flu are caused by germs and are contagious. In contrast, most children and lay adults (but not experts) attributed masuk angin to cold conditions and viewed it as non-contagious. These findings reveal how folknatural and scientific theories of illness coexist in the minds of Indonesian children and lay adults.
世界各地的许多人用寒冷的环境，如冷空气和湿衣服，来解释日常疾病，如感冒和流感。在印度尼西亚，“风邪入体”这一概念似乎反映了这种民间自然思维方式。有趣的是，印度尼西亚人将“风邪入体”与普通感冒区分开来，而在其他文化中，普通感冒常常被认为是“寒冷天气”所致。我们就日常疾病（普通感冒、流感和“风邪入体”）的病因、传染性和治疗方法，采访了印度尼西亚8岁和10岁的儿童、非专业成年人以及医学专家成年人。大多数印度尼西亚儿童，尤其是成年人，认为感冒和流感是由细菌引起的，具有传染性。相比之下，大多数儿童和非专业成年人（但不包括专家）将“风邪入体”归因于寒冷环境，并认为它不具有传染性。这些发现揭示了民间自然疾病理论和科学疾病理论如何在印度尼西亚儿童和非专业成年人的头脑中共存。
