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Collective fear and social representations of COVID-19. The role of the original 'reasons' for the fear object
International Journal of Social Psychology ; 37(2):412-432, 2022.
Article in English | APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-1960667
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Based on a taxonomy of collective fears, the objective of the study (N = 1,144) was to analyse how the original reasons attributed to an object of fear play a role in collective angst and to study how these attributions are linked to differentiated social representations of the object. The results show that the underlying reasons (human vs. non-human;intentional vs. unintentional) organize the socio-representational field of the coronavirus. Moreover, the fact of considering the viral epidemic as reversible (vs. irreversible) also plays a role in the socio-representational universe of individuals. Finally, we observe that the attribution of a human origin to the virus is linked to greater collective angst than an attribution to a natural origin. These first results show that it is important to focus on the attribution of the origin of objects of fear in order to understand its consequences in terms of social representations and collective angst. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) En base a una taxonomia de miedos colectivos, el objetivo del estudio (N = 1,144) fue analizar de que forma las razones originales atribuidas a un objeto de miedo desempenan un rol en la angustia colectiva, y estudiar como estas atribuciones se vinculan con representaciones sociales diferenciadas del objeto. Los resultados muestran que las razones subyacentes (humanas frente a no humanos;intencionadas frente a no intencionadas) organizan el campo socio-representacional del coronavirus. Ademas, el hecho de considerar que la epidemia viral es reversible (frente a irreversible) tambien desempena un rol en el universo socio-representacional de los individuos. Finalmente, observamos que la atribucion de un origen humano al virus humano esta vinculada con una mayor angustia colectiva que una atribucion a un origen natural. Estos primeros resultados muestran que es importante centrarse en la atribucion del origen de los objetos de miedo, con el fin de comprender sus consecuencias en terminos de representaciones sociales y angustia colectiva. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Language: English Journal: International Journal of Social Psychology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article