TY - GEN

T1 - The Psychological Impact on Russian Society in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

AU - Deyneka, Olga

AU - Maksimenko, Aleksandr

N1 - Olga Deyneka & Aleksandr Maksimenko (2021). The Psychological Impact on Russian Society in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychology Applications & Developments VII Advances in Psychology and Psychological Trends Series. Ed. by: Prof. Dr. Clara Pracana and Prof. Dr. Michael Wang. Lisboa, Portugal: 2021 inScience Press. Pp. 67-79.

PY - 2021/12

Y1 - 2021/12

N2 - The problem of the psychological impact of a pandemic, quarantine and self-isolation on the state of society attracts increased attention of specialists. The objective of our work was to find the most common attitudes and types of responses of Russians to the epidemic COVID-19 taking into account their involvement in social networks, critical thinking and severity of psychopathological symptoms. The study was carried out during the recession of the first wave of the pandemic in early June 2020. The main tool was the questionnaire of T. Nestik in an abridged version. Additionally, a questionnaire of critical thinking was used (CTI, Epstein, adapted by Lebedev & Enikolopov, 2004); test of psychopathological symptoms SCL-90-R; social media engagement questionnaire (Karadag, 2015) were used. The study involved 986 people (56.9% male, 43.1% female) aged 18 to 76 years. Using exploratory factor analysis, 6 types of responses to the epidemic situation caused by COVID-19 were identified (fans / opponents of the "conspiracy theory"; responsible / irresponsible, covid-dissidents, covid-optimists, misophobes, anti-vaccinators). The low level of trust in society and, above all, in medicine, harms the process of mass vaccination. Against the background of infodemic, social trust is declining and the psychological status of citizens is deteriorating.

AB - The problem of the psychological impact of a pandemic, quarantine and self-isolation on the state of society attracts increased attention of specialists. The objective of our work was to find the most common attitudes and types of responses of Russians to the epidemic COVID-19 taking into account their involvement in social networks, critical thinking and severity of psychopathological symptoms. The study was carried out during the recession of the first wave of the pandemic in early June 2020. The main tool was the questionnaire of T. Nestik in an abridged version. Additionally, a questionnaire of critical thinking was used (CTI, Epstein, adapted by Lebedev & Enikolopov, 2004); test of psychopathological symptoms SCL-90-R; social media engagement questionnaire (Karadag, 2015) were used. The study involved 986 people (56.9% male, 43.1% female) aged 18 to 76 years. Using exploratory factor analysis, 6 types of responses to the epidemic situation caused by COVID-19 were identified (fans / opponents of the "conspiracy theory"; responsible / irresponsible, covid-dissidents, covid-optimists, misophobes, anti-vaccinators). The low level of trust in society and, above all, in medicine, harms the process of mass vaccination. Against the background of infodemic, social trust is declining and the psychological status of citizens is deteriorating.

KW - COVID-19

KW - attitude towards the pandemic

KW - psychological impact of society

KW - Russian society

KW - typology

UR - http://www.insciencepress.org

UR - https://publications.hse.ru/pubs/share/direct/542729223.pdf

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-989-54815-9-0

T3 - Advances in Psychology and Psychological Trends Series

SP - 67

EP - 79

BT - Psychology Applications & Developments VII

PB - InScience Press

CY - Lisboa

ER -