COVID-19, online shaming, and health-care professionals

Dolezal, Luna; Rose, Arthur; Cooper, Fred

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01706-2

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“…This shows that stigma could affect people even more than they expect, exacerbating their stress related to the illness. Even though there are many reports from around the world regarding social media and online harassment, 30 harassment via social media was found to have the least proportion (2.3%) among all stigma parameters in our study.…”

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confidence: 75%

COVID-19-related Stigma Among the Affected Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study From Kerala, India

Chandran

V.G.

Sreedevi

et al. 2022

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background: The studies and case reports from various parts of the world are showing discrimination and stigma associated with COVID-19. Stigma can directly worsen the mental health of people and also worsen physical health indirectly. This study is aimed to assess the anticipatory and experienced stigma associated with COVID-19 in affected individuals. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Palakkad District in Kerala. Study participants were patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The sampling method was convenience sampling and snowball sampling. COVID-19 Related Stigma Survey Questionnaire was prepared by experts from the field of Psychiatry and Community Medicine. The responses were collected via an online survey and telephonic interview. Results: Among the total participants (N=303) 119 participants (39.3%) wanted to keep the illness a secret. Eighty-one participants (26.7%) had fear of discrimination from others. Eighty-nine participants (29.4%) had experienced stigma related to their COVID-19 infection. Seventy-five (24.8%) participants’ family members had experienced stigma. Few stigma parameters were significantly higher among the younger people. The participants belonging to the below poverty line category and the participants with lesser education showed significantly more worry about rejoining society after the isolation. Below poverty line category also had significantly more worry about discrimination towards their family members. Participants with lower education had significantly more worry about affecting their job due to the illness. Health care workers had significantly high worry regarding others attitudes towards them. Conclusion: There is a high level of stigma associated with COVID-19 in society. Definite measures need to be taken to reduce the stigma related to COVID-19 infection.

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COVID-19-related Stigma Among the Affected Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study From Kerala, India

Chandran

V.G.

Sreedevi

et al. 2022

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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“…Furthermore, police officers have posted videos on the Internet showing transgressors receiving humiliating punishment as ‘atonement’ for their actions. Individuals who engage in undesirable or inappropriate behaviour are subjected to online shaming ( Dolezal et al, 2021 ). Therefore, the data for this study came from individuals in India who did not follow the rules of the pandemic.…”

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“…Rationale behind consideration of online shaming: Online shaming is often unconstrained by time, place or scale, its consequences are unpredictable i.e., it may fade away with no bad effects, it may trigger a shaming backlash, or it may end in a shame pile-on with devastating and long-term consequences ( Dolezal et al, 2021 ). While online shaming someone can sometimes result in beneficial transformation, it is more likely to result in defensiveness, anxiety, social withdrawal or bad repercussions on one's mental health ( Dolezal et al, 2021 ). While online shaming is not a new phenomenon, the information technology (IT) used in modern shaming is new and evolving ( Laidlaw, 2017 ).…”

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“…Rationale behind consideration of covariates: With the growth of the Internet, gender-based online shaming has changed dramatically ( Dolezal et al, 2021 ). In the context of COVID-19, gender has been considered as a covariate ( Yang et al, 2022 ) and age has been considered as a covariate ( Sun et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…In terms of problematization, the research on online shaming is important in 21st century. Online shaming during this pandemic has become a vehicle for discontent with disruptive public health measures implemented to control COVID-19 as well as anxieties and doubts regarding the disease ( Dolezal et al, 2021 ). People who oppose vaccinations or masking later post that they have contracted the virus and social media users have been quick to criticise them or point out their faults rather than provide them with consolation or support.…”

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The COVID‐19 pandemic disrupted the healthy fading of emotions in autobiographical memory mediated via in‐person social disclosures

Muir,

Brown

2023

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We explore the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom upon the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory, which describes the greater fading of negative emotional intensity over time compared to positive. Across two studies we show that the magnitude of the FAB is smaller for pandemic‐related events compared to pandemic‐unrelated events. The FAB is thought to represent the result of healthy coping processes operating on autobiographical memory and our results indicate that these processes were disrupted, to a certain extent, by the pandemic. These effects were mediated by frequent in‐person social disclosures of pleasant pandemic‐unrelated events, which was, in turn, associated with less fading of positive affect. Further, the FAB for both pandemic‐related and unrelated events was mediated by disclosures via social media. Together, these results highlight the potential effectiveness of using various modes of communication to facilitate emotional regulation processes in autobiographical memory.

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COVID-19, online shaming, and health-care professionals

Cited by 14 publications

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COVID-19-related Stigma Among the Affected Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study From Kerala, India

COVID-19-related Stigma Among the Affected Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study From Kerala, India

Self-promotion and online shaming during COVID-19: A toxic combination

The COVID‐19 pandemic disrupted the healthy fading of emotions in autobiographical memory mediated via in‐person social disclosures

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