Main sources of fear of COVID-19 (Czech Republic)
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Fear, anger and hopelessness were the most frequent traumatic emotional responses in the general public during the first stage of outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic (N = 1,000). The four most frequent categories of fear were determined: (a) fear of the negative impact on household finances, (b) fear of the negative impact on the household finances of significant others, (c) fear of the unavailability of health care, and (d) fear of an insufficient food supply. The pessimistic communications used by the Czech mass media contributed to intensifying traumatic feelings, fears and psychological distress in the general public during the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Main sources of fear of COVID-19 (Czech Republic)
- 1. 63% and only33% experienced fear during the outbreak Main sources of fear of COVID-19 Main sources of fearin Czech population during theCOVID-19 outbreakWhat are you afraid of? COVID19!*%@! But what exactly? Tereza Slavickova Olomouc University Social Health Institute 1Trnka R. & Lorencova R. (2020). Fear, anger, and media-induced trauma during the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Czech Republic, Psychological Trauma:Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Advance online publication.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000675 SOURCES: DESIGNEDBY: 4 Behavio Labs. (2020, April). Coronavirus: A quick survey in the Czech Republic. https://atlascechu.cz/results/e3_strach 2 Trnka, R., Kubena, A., & Kucerova, E. (2007). Sex of expresser and correct perception of facial expressions of emotion. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 104(3), 1217-1222. 3 Trnka, R., Tavel, P., & Hasto, J. (2015). Facial expression of fear in the context of human ethology: Recognition advantage in the perception of male faces. Neuroendocrinology Letters, 36(2), 106-111. Fear of the negative impact on household finances Fear of the negative impact on the household finances of significant others Fear of theunavailability of health care Fear of an insufficient food supply Why do women experience fear more often than men? Also during the outbreak Generally, womenaremore sensitive to fear stimulation. This fact might have anevolutionary explanation:Higher sensitivity to fear stimulation is adaptive, because females are able to react quicker to threathening situations. This advantage evolved in order to protect the health of women aswell as their good reproductive potential. Design of the public representative survey Conducted:March 1920, 2020 19 days after the start od COVID-19 outbreak Participants: 1,000 Czech inhabitants(490 males and 510 females) Procedure: participantswere asked which emotions they felt during the COVID-19 epidemic. Participants could indicate more than one option. 1 32, Women were more fearful than men 3 2