Giving Meaning to the Pandemic: What Do Brazilians Think About the New Coronavirus?

ABSTRACT: In view of the pandemic scenario caused by the new coronavirus, it is crucial to produce knowledge to understand the disease and its impacts on people's daily lives. In response to this demand, the present study aimed to identify the meanings attributed to the new coronavirus by Brazilians at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We had access to a non-probabilistic sample of 2400 Brazilians, who answered a biodemographic questionnaire, using the technique of free word association, with the induced stimulus "coronavirus," respectively interpreted through descriptive statistics using the SPSS software and textual analysis using IRaMuTeQ. The results were organized into three classes: (1) "characterization of the disease," evoking responses about the treatment, risks, prevention strategies

SUBMITTER: de Freitas Melo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8147576 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature