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The first ever case of Corona Virus Pneumonia was reported on 8th December 2019 in Hubei Province of Wuhan China. The virus was believed to be transferred from seafood market and subsequently the causative agent was identified as SARS-COV-2. In this study, we conducted a study aimed at identifying the nature and characteristics of the influence of the cognitive assessment of the situation associated with the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, its semantic perception on the mental states of people of working age.The main semantic education of a person during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic is situational semantic attitudes-the primary ways of responding to signs of situational uncertainty, which carry out actual management of mental states, exerting a stabilizing or conversely destabilizing effect on them. Situational semantic attitudes of the personality play an indirect role in the interaction of the situation and mental states. It is not the situation itself that becomes the source of the emergence and development of certain mental states, but those situational semantic attitudes that, as a result of conscious and unconscious thought processes, enhance or weaken the signs of uncertainty of the situation that has arisen and determines the selective control of the mental activity of the individual. When organizing psychological assistance to the population during periods of pandemics, it is necessary to take into account the results of the study, which may affect the development of targeted programs for the formation of an adequate perception of the situation that has arisen and the development of conscious mechanisms for self-regulation of mental states.Copyright © RJPT. All right reserved.
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In 2020, all of humanity is faced with a real threat of the spread of a new and dangerous coronavirus infection COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has become a serious stress factor that determines the emergence and development of negative mental states - states of anxiety, fear, emptiness, depression - that disrupt the mental health of an individual. Purpose of the study: to analyze the nature and characteristics of the impact of the cognitive assessment of the situation associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental states of people of working age. The study was conducted in an online format. The online survey included 384 respondents aged 30 to 61 years. The mental states of the respondents were studied, as well as their situational semantic attitudes, formed as a result of the semantic perception of the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Were used: a test of neuropsychic tension and a clinical test to identify and assess neurotic states, the method of free association and the method of scaling were used. The processing of empirical data was carried out using cluster analysis, percentage distribution, calculation of the Spearman correlation coefficient. Results: During the study, four groups of situational semantic attitudes were identified, each of which includes five types of semantic perception of the essence and nature of COVID-19, restrictive measures taken to prevent the spread of infection, cognitive assessment of oneself in a pandemic situation and one's future ... Close relationships have been identified between the mental states of an individual and the peculiarities of her semantic perception of the situation associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The study confirmed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental states of people of working age are characterized by increased neuropsychic tension, anxiety, anxiety, frustration, irritability. However, it was not the situation itself that became the primary source of the deterioration in the psychological well-being of the individual, but situational attitudes that are formed on the basis of her cognitive assessment and semantic perception.
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Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with the spread of conspiracy theories, which are heterogeneous in terms of the structure of their views. The hypothesis is that the substrate for the spread of conspiracy trend is an increased level of anxiety, reduced due to the paralogical (conspiracy) interpretation of events. The purpose of this research was to study the prevalence of conspiracy trends during the preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow (before the introduction of strict restrictive measures). Methods: 320 people, randomly selected from the general population, were asked if they agree or disagree with 9 statements regarding the conspiracy interpretation of events, compared with the level of anxiety/depression (using the HADS scale). There are 3 trends (COVID-conspiracy, COVID-skepticism, COVID-obscurantism). Results: 45.7% of respondents were ready to agree with one or the other conspiracy idea. I The level of anxiety in all adherents of conspiracy theory was found to be higher than in the rest of the sample. Differences in sociodemographic characteristics of adherents of different conspiracy tendencies are revealed. Among COVID skeptics, there are significantly fewer students and pensioners, and among COVID conspiracy theorists, the level of education received is lower, with unstable labor and family status. Discussion. Conspiracy trends were universal for all social groups in the background of increased anxiety among the population of Moscow in preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic. It is suggested that the mechanism for the development of conspiracy tendencies may be the process of rationalization of an increased level of anxiety as a protective response during a crisis. © 2020 Izdatel'stvo Meditsina. All rights reserved.