Daily Monitoring of Emotional Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic in Serbia: A Citizen Science Approach
Daily Monitoring of Emotional Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic in Serbia: A Citizen Science Approach
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02133
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发表时间：
2020-08-19
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Smederevac, Snezana
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作者：
Sadikovic, Selka;Branovacki, Bojan;Smederevac, Snezana
COVID-19大流行是具有国际影响的突发卫生事件，给社会各方面带来了严重影响，不仅影响健康和经济，还影响心理功能和心理健康。进行这项研究是为了检查并进一步了解我们对当前流行病的情绪反应。从修订后的强化敏感性理论中探讨了大流行期间情绪反应的变化以及与特定大流行相关行为和人格特征的关系。作为一项公民科学项目，这项研究在塞尔维亚处于紧急状态期间进行了 35 天。在参加该研究的 1526 名参与者中，有 444 名（67% 为女性）在所有五周内都进行了测量。研究人员检查了大流行期间四种情绪状态的纵向变化：担忧、恐惧、无聊和愤怒/烦恼。结果表明，随着时间的推移，所有四种情绪状态均有所下降。最大的下降是担心，其次是恐惧和无聊。回归分析表明，人格维度以及这种情况下的行为反应可以显着预测情绪反应。研究结果显示，行为激活系统与担忧、恐惧和无聊显着相关，战斗与无聊和愤怒显着相关，行为抑制系统与愤怒显着相关。遵守保护措施以及增加接触媒体与担忧和恐惧具有显着的正相关关系。这些结果表明，稳定的特征和特定的大流行相关行为都与大流行期间的情绪反应显着相关。
The COVID-19 pandemic, a health emergency with international consequences, has brought serious impact on all aspects of society and affects not only health and economy, but psychological functioning and mental health as well. This research was conducted in order to examine and further our understanding of emotional reactions to the ongoing pandemic. Change in emotional reactions during the pandemic and relations with specific pandemic related behaviors and personality traits from the revised Reinforcement sensitivity theory were explored. The research was conducted in Serbia for 35 days while the country was in a state of emergency, as a citizen science project. Out of the 1526 participants that joined the study, 444 (67% female) had measures for all five weeks. Longitudinal changes in four emotional states during the pandemic were examined: worry, fear, boredom, and anger/annoyance. Results indicate a decrease in all four emotional states over time. The biggest decrease was present in case of worry, followed by fear and boredom. Regression analysis showed that personality dimensions, as well as behavioral responses in this situation significantly predicted emotional reactions. Findings revealed the Behavioral activation system was significantly related to worry, fear and boredom, Fight with boredom and anger, and the Behavioral inhibition system with anger. Adherence to protection measures, as well as increased exposure to the media, had significant positive relations with worry and fear. These results indicate that both stable characteristics and specific pandemic-related behaviors are significantly related to emotional response during the pandemic.