Exploring Children's Social and Emotional Representations of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Exploring Children's Social and Emotional Representations of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01952
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发表时间：
2020-08-12
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Picaza, Maitane
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作者：
Idoiaga, Nahia;Berasategi, Naiara;Picaza, Maitane
新冠肺炎是一种新型的新兴传染病，已在包括欧洲在内的世界范围内传播。特别是西班牙，见证了该大流行的重大爆发。所有的课程都被取消了，政府宣布进入紧急状态，下令封锁和监禁所有人口。自3月13日以来，该国所有儿童都被限制在家中，任何时候都不允许离开。因此，这一群体面临着最严格的限制。鉴于儿童的脆弱处境，本研究的目的是了解他们是如何代表和情绪应对新冠肺炎危机的。来自西班牙北部的228名儿童(年龄范围：3-12岁)完成了一项由“冠状病毒”一词引发的自由联想活动。在分析内容时，我们使用了Reinert方法和IRAMUTEQ软件进行词汇分析。结果显示，儿童代表着新冠肺炎，是医生们正在与之斗争的敌人。孩子们害怕和担心感染病毒，但主要是因为他们认为自己会感染祖父母，这让他们感到内疚。此外，封锁的情况在孩子们身上产生了相互矛盾的情绪。一方面，他们害怕、紧张、孤独、悲伤、无聊、愤怒，但他们与家人在一起也感到安全、平静和快乐。这些结果表明，各国政府在管理当前局势时也需要考虑儿童，更加重视社会和包容性政策，以帮助减轻他们可能因大流行病和封锁而遭受的影响。简而言之，有必要解决儿童的心理、教育、社会、健康和福祉需求。
COVID-19, a new emerging infectious disease (EID), has spread throughout the world, including Europe. Spain, in particular, has witnessed a significant outbreak of the pandemic. All classes have been canceled, and the government has declared a state of emergency, ordering the lockdown and confinement of the entire population. All children in the country have been confined to their homes since March 13 and are not allowed to leave at any time. This population is thus facing the harshest restrictions. Given the vulnerable situation of children, the aim of this research is to understand how they represent and emotionally cope with the COVID-19 crisis. A free association exercise elicited by the word "coronavirus" was completed by 228 children (age range: 3-12 years) from the North of Spain. To analyze the content, we employed the Reinert method with Iramuteq software for lexical analysis. The results revealed that children represent the COVID-19 as an enemy that is being fought by the doctors. Children are afraid and worried about catching the virus, but mainly because they think they can infect their grandparents, and this makes them feel guilty. Moreover, the lockdown situation has produced conflicting emotions in the children. On the one hand, they are scared, nervous, lonely, sad, bored, and angry, but they also feel safe, calm, and happy with their families. These results indicate the need for governments to also consider children in their management of the current situation by placing greater emphasis on social and inclusive policies to help alleviate the possible effects that they may suffer as a consequence of the pandemic and the lockdown. In short, there is a need to address the psychological, educational, social, health, and well-being needs of children.