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. 2020 Jul;12(5):546-549.
doi: 10.1037/tra0000675. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Fear, anger, and media-induced trauma during the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Czech Republic

Radek Trnka  1 , Radmila Lorencova  2
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Fear, anger, and media-induced trauma during the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Czech Republic

Radek Trnka et al. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Fear, anger and hopelessness were the most frequent traumatic emotional responses in the general public during the first stage of outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic (N = 1,000). The four most frequent categories of fear were determined: (a) fear of the negative impact on household finances, (b) fear of the negative impact on the household finances of significant others, (c) fear of the unavailability of health care, and (d) fear of an insufficient food supply. The pessimistic communications used by the Czech mass media contributed to intensifying traumatic feelings, fears and psychological distress in the general public during the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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