Blame others but hurt yourself: blaming or sympathetic attitudes toward victims of COVID-19 and how it alters one's health status.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-20 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2269400

Yu Lou, Tianhong Wang, Haihong Li, Tian-Yi Hu, Xiaofei Xie

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Abstract

Objective: This study explored the relationship between blame/sympathy and blamer's/sympathizer's perceived health status.

Design: We recruited participants via an online survey platform. Study 1 was a cross-sectional study using data (N = 3304, M_age = 28.22, SD_age = 7.92, and 39.3% female) collected from 30 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions of China on February 3, 2020. Study 2 used the daily diary method collecting data from February 4 to 9, 2020. Sample (N = 2456, M_age = 28.49, SD_age = 7.49, and 39.4% were female) was obtained by inviting participants in Study 1 on the same platform.

Main outcome measures: Self-reported health status and life satisfaction.

Results: In Study 1, blame was negatively associated with perceived health status, while sympathy was positively associated with it. Negative emotions and risk perception are the underlying mechanisms, but neither of them has effects on the relationship between sympathy and perceived health status. Study 2 replicated these results using multilevel analysis.

Conclusion: The results highlight the importance of people's attitudes on perceived health status. While sympathy is positively related to perceived health status, blaming has a negative association with perceived health status. Negative emotions and risk perceptions are the underlying mechanisms.

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指责他人但伤害自己：对新冠肺炎受害者的指责或同情态度，以及它如何改变一个人的健康状况。

目的：探讨指责/同情与说者/同情者感知健康状况的关系。设计：我们通过在线调查平台招募参与者。研究1是一项横断面研究，使用数据（N = 3304，Mage=28.22，SDage=7.92，女性39.3%）于2020年2月3日从中国30个省、市、自治区收集。研究2采用日记法收集2020年2月4日至9日的数据。样品（N = 2456，Mage=28.49，SDage=7.49，39.4%为女性）。主要结果指标：自我报告的健康状况和生活满意度。结果：在研究1中，责备与感知健康状况呈负相关，而同情与感知健康状态呈正相关。负面情绪和风险感知是潜在的机制，但它们都不影响同情与感知的健康状况之间的关系。研究2使用多水平分析重复了这些结果。结论：研究结果突出了人们对感知健康状况的态度的重要性。虽然同情与感知健康状况呈正相关，但指责与感知健康状态呈负相关。负面情绪和风险认知是潜在的机制。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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7.30

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.