Giving Meaning to the Pandemic: What Do Brazilians Think About the New Coronavirus?

Trends in Psychology - Tập 29 - Trang 395-413 - 2021
Cynthia de Freitas Melo1, Ana Mattos Brito de Almeida1, Samuel Lincoln Bezerra Lins2, Sibele Dias de Aquino3, Icaro Moreira Costa1, Jaiana Cristina Cândido Morais1
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia. Avenida Washington Soares, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil
2University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
3Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tóm tắt

In view of the pandemic scenario caused by the new coronavirus, it is crucial to produce knowledge to understand the disease and its impacts on people’s daily lives. In response to this demand, the present study aimed to identify the meanings attributed to the new coronavirus by Brazilians at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We had access to a non-probabilistic sample of 2400 Brazilians, who answered a biodemographic questionnaire, using the technique of free word association, with the induced stimulus “coronavirus,” respectively interpreted through descriptive statistics using the SPSS software and textual analysis using IRaMuTeQ. The results were organized into three classes: (1) “characterization of the disease,” evoking responses about the treatment, risks, prevention strategies, and expectations of cure; (2) “negative repercussions,” reflecting harmful aspects of the disease on mental health, such as fear, uncertainty, and despair; and (3) “positive repercussions,” revealing initiatives of solidarity, empathy, and collective care as coping strategies. Differences in evocations also arose depending on the region of the country, employment status, adherence to social isolation measures, agreement with social isolation, agreement with the current president, experience of infection, and level of stress. It was concluded that identifying the meanings that Brazilians attribute to the new coronavirus is important for the formulation of effective intervention strategies.

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Trends in Psychology

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