Negative Emotion Arousal and Altruism Promoting of Online Public Stigmatization on COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The outbreak of COVID-19 is a public health crisis that has had a profound impact on society. Stigma is a common phenomenon in the prevalence and spread of infectious diseases. In the crisis caused by the pandemic, widespread public stigma has influenced social groups. This study explores the negative emotions arousal effect from online public stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on social cooperation. We constructed a model based on the literature and tested it on a sample of 313 participants from the group being stigmatized. The results demonstrate: (1) relevance and stigma perception promote negative emotions, including anxiety, anger, and grief; (2) the arousal of anger and grief leads to a rise in the altruistic tendency within the stigmatized group; and (3) stig

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187574 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature