Role of social responsibility in prevention of the COVID-19 outbreak from systems thinking perspective

Bamakan, Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini; Jahromi, Maryam

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2020.11.007

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“…The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sensitivity to anxiety and executive functions and QoL of MS patients and according to the results, there was a relationship between emotional disturbance tolerance and executive functions and QoL in MS patients. Also, these results are in line with the findings of Grech et al indicating the effect of executive function on sensitivity to anxiety and QoL in MS (Figure 1) [9,[24][25][26]. Marck et al and Kos et al showed that there is a relationship between the sensitivity to anxiety and the QoL of people with MS [13,17].…”

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The Relationship Between Sensitivity to Anxiety and Executive Functions and Quality of Life of MS Patients: Path Analysis Pattern

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Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is affected by cognitive and emotional factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sensitivity to anxiety and executive functions and the Quality of Life (QoL) of MS patients using path analysis. Methods: This descriptive correlational research was done on all patients with MS in Gorgan MS Association in 2020. The sample size was considered to be 290 people according to the sample selection formula and based on the values obtained from the previous study selected by simple random sampling. To collect data, the Executive Functions Questionnaire of Nejati (2013), QoL questionnaire of McGuigan & Hutchinson (2004), and Sensitivity to Anxiety Questionnaires of Taylor and Cox (1998) were used. Path analysis with SPSS v. 18 and AMOS v. 23 software was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the executive functions had a positive relationship with QoL in MS patients and sensitivity to anxiety had a negative relationship with QoL in MS patients. Also, mediating role of the anxiety sensitivity variable in the relationship between executive functions with QoL in MS patients was confirmed (P≤0.01). Conclusion: The present study indicated the importance of cognitive factors, such as executive functions, and emotional factors, such as sensitivity to anxiety in explaining the QoL in MS patients.

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The Relationship Between Sensitivity to Anxiety and Executive Functions and Quality of Life of MS Patients: Path Analysis Pattern

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“…It is necessary for the governments to take the active role in preventing fake news and infodemic monikers from spreading. Promoting relevant, accurate, and up‐to‐date information on the COVID‐19 pandemic shapes social responsibility, which is essential in fighting COVID‐19 (Hosseini Bamakan & Haddadpoor Jahromi, 2021 ).…”

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How can systems thinking help us in the COVID‐19 crisis?

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The COVID‐19 pandemic outbreak remains one of the most influential events in the global economy over the recent years. While being primarily public health related, it has a tremendous impact on many other aspects, including business management. Many businesses were forced to introduce rapid changes to their business models in order to survive. The aim of this paper is to show the complexity and interrelations of changes triggered by COVID‐19 outbreak. Understanding of this complexity is crucial for developing business resilience to similar events in the future. The paper uses systems thinking approach to analyze influence of COVID‐19 pandemic on business operations and to show the importance of the proper government response to the COVID‐19 crisis. A causal loop diagram is used to show the complicated mechanisms behind the impact of pandemic on several aspects of business operation and management. Perceptions of some variables play more important roles than actual variables, and it often requires more than one actor to solve a particular problem. Adaptive business management may prove to be a particular challenge for small business owners. The paper provides useful insights into the complex nature of contemporary business operation and management in the wake of a major epidemiological crisis. It may contribute to a better understanding of important factors that often tend to be disregarded and not paid enough attention to. It offers food for thought not only for academics, but also to business owners/managers, aware of the complexity of contemporary world and to government‐level decision‐makers.

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“…As a result, people may have suffered from loneliness (Nowakowska, 2020 ; Okruszek et al, 2020 ), increased stress (Bodecka et al, 2021 ), anxiety (Gambin et al, 2021 ) and depressive symptoms (Ma et al, 2020 ). The pandemic has been a situation when social responsibility was particularly important, because commitment of the individuals within the society has been required to stop the spread of the virus and mitigate the dramatic costs to health, economy and well-being of entire nations (Hosseini Bamakan & Haddadpoor Jahromi, 2021 ). Previous studies have shown that trust can be a vital factor helping societies to recover from crises (Helliwell et al, 2015 ; Yamamura et al, 2015 ).…”

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Belief in the importance of socially responsible behaviors – the significance of trust and personal experiences with Covid-19

2022

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A vast number of studies have shown that trust is related to socially desirable traits and behaviors. In the present research we have investigated the relationship between generalized trust and beliefs about the importance of socially responsible behaviors (SRB) during the pandemic – namely, following the sanitary regime and getting vaccinated. Basing on the previous findings we assumed that trustful people would be more convinced of the benefits of complying with the pandemic restrictions and getting vaccinated. The hypothesis stated that people with high levels of trust who had COVID-19 or whose close persons had been infected would be the most likely to believe in socially responsible behaviors. We recruited 405 people from the general population (age range 18–65) to participate in an online study conducted via a research platform. The analysis using linear regression has shown that people, whose close persons had suffered from COVID-19 were more inclined to believe in the importance of SRB. The level of trust also predicted the beliefs about the importance of socially responsible behaviors in mitigating the pandemic. Trust was positively related to SRB, except for people whose close persons had been infected with COVID-19. Regardless of the level of trust, people with such experience tended to assess SRB as important to combat the pandemic. These results have shed light on the importance of trust in developing the strategy of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Role of social responsibility in prevention of the COVID-19 outbreak from systems thinking perspective

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The Relationship Between Sensitivity to Anxiety and Executive Functions and Quality of Life of MS Patients: Path Analysis Pattern

The Relationship Between Sensitivity to Anxiety and Executive Functions and Quality of Life of MS Patients: Path Analysis Pattern

How can systems thinking help us in the COVID‐19 crisis?

Belief in the importance of socially responsible behaviors – the significance of trust and personal experiences with Covid-19

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