Institute of Medical Sociology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Int J Public Health. 2022 May 12;67:1604812. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604812. eCollection 2022.
Many western democracies experienced significant resistance to public health measures designed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Although there were complex reasons for this resistance, right-wing populist forces seem to have played a significant role in fueling it. Studies show a strong correlation between right-wing populist support and resistance to COVID-19-mitigating measures including vaccination, and those who supported these populist movements were more likely to suffer and die from the virus. The question thus arises: why do people support these movements which openly undermine their own health interests? This paper addresses this question from a social-psychological perspective. Specifically, it draws on social identity theory to explain the considerable success of right-wing populism's radical anti-health agenda and to offer some suggestions about how this negative influence may be countered.
许多西方民主国家在实施旨在遏制 COVID-19 病毒传播的公共卫生措施时，遭遇了强烈抵制。尽管这种抵制有复杂的原因，但右翼民粹主义势力似乎在推波助澜方面发挥了重要作用。研究表明，右翼民粹主义支持与对包括疫苗接种在内的 COVID-19 缓解措施的抵制之间存在很强的相关性，而那些支持这些民粹主义运动的人更有可能因该病毒而受苦和死亡。那么问题来了：为什么人们会支持这些公然损害自身健康利益的运动呢？本文从社会心理学的角度来探讨这个问题。具体来说，它借鉴社会认同理论来解释右翼民粹主义激进反健康议程的巨大成功，并就如何对抗这种负面影响提出一些建议。
