Representaciones sociales del COVID-19 en adolescentes y progenitores

  1. Usue De la Barrera 1
  2. Konstanze Schoeps 1
  3. Silvia Postigo-Zegarra 2
  4. Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos, Facultad de Psicología, Universitat de València, Valencia, España
  2. 2 Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea de Valencia, Valencia, España
Journal:
Ansiedad y estrés

ISSN: 1134-7937

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 27

Issue: 2-3

Pages: 119-122

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5093/ANYES2021A16 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the confinement of the population in many parts of the world, with Spain being one of the most affected countries. This particular situation may have negative psychological consequences, depending on the experience of threat. This experience is influenced by what we think about COVID-19. The aim of this study was to analyze the social representations of COVID-19 in 61 adolescents and their families (81 parents), using a mixed design with cross-sectional data. We identified six basic categories that describe participants’ social representation of COVID-19, highlighting the health and emotional domains. In conclusion, the social representation of coronavirus in adolescents and adults is similar in the medical and health domain, but differs in the fact that it is broader and more fear-driven in adults. Understanding adolescents’ and adult’s social representation regarding the coronavirus can be useful in orienting future psychological and emotional interventions during the pandemic.

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