scholarly journals Understanding the Emotion Coping Strategies During Public Emergencies – From the Perspective of Psychological Distance

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Sun ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Fangmin Li
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Psychological Distance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Independent Information ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Emotion Coping ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

Research has investigated behavioral coping strategies for the negative emotions that public emergencies elicit. Accordingly, our current research explored how people coped with negative emotions in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, from a cognitive perspective. Building on the theory of psychological distance and self-construal, we proposed that people who experienced fear, sadness and anxiety responded with independent-self construal, focusing on information that related to themselves and the novel virus (independent information). On the other hand, people who experienced fear, sadness and anger responded with interdependent-self construal, focusing on information that pertained to “us”, the virus and nature (interdependent information). We collected data from 1,142 participants at both the initial peak of the outbreak and when its spread had subsided. Based on this longitudinal data, we examined the effectiveness of these strategies, and our findings suggested that independent information was effective in decreasing fear and anxiety, while interdependent information effectively mitigated sadness. The findings could help researchers, practitioners, governments, and organizations to implement appropriate information strategies to regulate individuals’ negative emotions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Sex Differences in Spatial Activity and Anxiety Levels in the COVID-19 Pandemic from Evolutionary Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1110
Author(s):  
Olga Semenova ◽  
Julia Apalkova ◽  
Marina Butovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
General Level ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Attitudes ◽  
Spatial Activity ◽  
Sexual Specialization ◽  
The Face ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Virus Spreading

Despite the enforced lockdown regime in late March 2020 in Russia, the phenomenon of the continued virus spreading highlighted the importance of studies investigating the range of biosocial attributes and spectrum of individual motivations underlying the permanent presence of the substantial level of spatial activity. For this matter, we conducted a set of surveys between March and June 2020 (N = 492). We found that an individual’s health attitude is the most consistent factor explaining mobility differences. However, our data suggested that wariness largely determines adequate health attitudes; hence, a higher level of wariness indirectly reduced individual mobility. Comparative analysis revealed the critical biosocial differences between the two sexes, potentially rooted in the human evolutionary past. Females were predisposed to express more wariness in the face of new environmental risks; therefore, they minimize their mobility and outdoor contacts. In contrast to them, the general level of spatial activity reported by males was significantly higher. Wariness in the males’ sample was less associated with the novel virus threat, but to a great extent, it was predicted by the potential economic losses variable. These findings correspond to the evolutionary predictions of sexual specialization and the division of family roles.

scholarly journals “I Was Not Willing to Risk my Hajj”

Journeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
Nadia Caidi
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Information Avoidance ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Nature Of Information ◽  
Return Home ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Transformational Experiences

Information phenomena and behaviors underlie every aspect of contemporary life, including spiritual/religious experiences. Pilgrimage as an information context provides insights into the nature of information and knowledge in the lives of individuals undergoing such transformational experiences. Findings based on interviews with twelve Hajj pilgrims suggest that their information practices are varied and transcend both individual (cognitive, affective) and social processes (through shared imaginaries and a wide network of people and resources). As pilgrims prepare for and complete the rituals, then return home, they make use of a range of coping strategies from triangulation and validation to information avoidance. Examining the information strategies of Hajj pilgrims provide us with insights into their processes of negotiating meaning in shifting and unknown contexts.

scholarly journals COVID 19 Dawn from Wuhan: “The Number Game”

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 564-568
Author(s):  
Sumit Chawla ◽  
Harinder Singh ◽  
Bharti Chawla
Keyword(s):  
Case Fatality ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Expected Time ◽  
Hospitalization Rates ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Novel Virus

On 31st December 2019, China informed local WHO office of "cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology detected in Wuhan. As of 6th May 2020, there are nearly 3.6 million cases of corona virus infection and approximately 0.25 million deaths worldwide. The real-time data regarding the actual number of cases, as it originates from the epicenter is the key to the estimation of the case fatality rate, hospitalization rates, expected timeline of arrival of contagion, and other epidemiological data. The novel virus has no available literature pertaining to its epidemiological parameters, on which experts can base their estimates and hence the challenge in planning for epidemic management. Bolstering this challenge are the reports alleging under-reporting by Chinese authorities. Alleged toned down numbers could have led to erroneously low estimates contributing to inadequate public health response globally. We conducted a simulation on epidemiological model of COVID-19 to find out expected time off arrival of infections and mortality in different countries and compared this to actual data.

scholarly journals Psychological support in times of COVID-19: the Essen community-based CoPE concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Bäuerle ◽  
Eva-Maria Skoda ◽  
Nora Dörrie ◽  
Juliane Böttcher ◽  
Martin Teufel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Federal State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Ruhr Area ◽  
Novel Virus

Abstract The SARS CoV-2-virus (COVID-19) pandemic is pushing national and international structures to their limits. Little is known about treatment options to combat the novel virus, but the same applies to the effects of COVID-19 on people’s mental health. In Germany, as in many other countries, governmental actions impact peoples’ individual freedom. These highly necessary actions to slow down the spread of the virus, however, are a burden to the community. We established a structured concept to support psychological burdened people in Essen, which is located in the Ruhr area, a metropolitan region with more than 5.1 million inhabitants in the heart of the federal state North Rhine Westphalia. The psychological burden following the spread of the virus and individual restrictions should not be neglected.

scholarly journals A Novel RNA Virus, Macrobrachium rosenbergii Golda Virus (MrGV), Linked to Mass Mortalities of the Larval Giant Freshwater Prawn in Bangladesh

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1120
Author(s):  
Chantelle Hooper ◽  
Partho P. Debnath ◽  
Sukumar Biswas ◽  
Ronny van Aerle ◽  
Kelly S. Bateman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Assembly ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Macrobrachium Rosenbergii ◽  
Freshwater Prawn ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Protein Motifs ◽  
Giant Freshwater Prawn ◽  
Yellow Head Virus ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Mass Mortalities

Mass mortalities of the larval stage of the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, have been occurring in Bangladesh since 2011. Mortalities can reach 100% and have resulted in an 80% decline in the number of hatcheries actively producing M. rosenbergii. To investigate a causative agent for the mortalities, a disease challenge was carried out using infected material from a hatchery experiencing mortalities. Moribund larvae from the challenge were prepared for metatranscriptomic sequencing. De novo virus assembly revealed a 29 kb single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus with similarities in key protein motif sequences to yellow head virus (YHV), an RNA virus that causes mass mortalities in marine shrimp aquaculture, and other viruses in the Nidovirales order. Primers were designed against the novel virus and used to screen cDNA from larvae sampled from hatcheries in the South of Bangladesh from two consecutive years. Larvae from all hatcheries screened from both years were positive by PCR for the novel virus, including larvae from a hatchery that at the point of sampling appeared healthy, but later experienced mortalities. These screens suggest that the virus is widespread in M. rosenbergii hatchery culture in southern Bangladesh, and that early detection of the virus can be achieved by PCR. The hypothesised protein motifs of Macrobrachium rosenbergii golda virus (MrGV) suggest that it is likely to be a new species within the Nidovirales order. Biosecurity measures should be taken in order to mitigate global spread through the movement of post-larvae within and between countries, which has previously been linked to other virus outbreaks in crustacean aquaculture.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the Heart

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaitanya Rojulpote ◽  
Karthik Gonuguntla ◽  
Shivaraj Patil ◽  
Abhijit Bhattaru ◽  
Paco Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
Significant Burden ◽  
Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a global health crisis. Prior to the arrival of this viral pandemic, the world was already plagued with a significant burden of cardiovascular disease. With the introduction of the novel virus, the world now faces a double jeapordy. Early reports have suggested an increased risk of death in individuals with underlying cardio-metabolic disorders. The exact effects of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system are not well determined, however lessons from prior viral epidemics suggest that such infections can trigger acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias and heart failure via direct and indirect mechanisms. In this article, we aimed to discuss the effects and potential underlying mechanisms of COVID -19 as well as potential implications of treatments targeted against this virus on the cardiovascular system.

scholarly journals COVID-19: a novel zoonotic disease caused by a coronavirus from China: what we know and what we don't

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S Mackenzie ◽  
David W Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
The Novel ◽  
New Disease ◽  
Unknown Aetiology ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
Health Organization

At the end of December, 2019, a new disease of unknown aetiology appeared in Wuhan, China. It was quickly identified as a novel betacoronavirus, and related to SARS-CoV and a number of other bat-borne SARS-like coronaviruses. The virus rapidly spread to all provinces in China, as well as a number of countries overseas, and was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the Director-General of the World Health Organization on 30 January 2020. This paper describes the evolution of the outbreak, and the known properties of the novel virus, SARS-CoV-2 and the clinical disease it causes, COVID-19, and comments on some of the important gaps in our knowledge of the virus and the disease it causes. The virus is the third zoonotic coronavirus, after SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, but appears to be the only one with pandemic potential.

Effects of psychological distance on the negative emotions of immoral events—A study based on Weibo data

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihuang Tang ◽  
Peishan Wang ◽  
Xiaoyang Sui ◽  
Yue Fan
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Psychological Distance
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