Explicit and implicit attitudes toward people with COVID-19: Need for community mental health services
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, social stigmatization of people who have been infected with the virus has been observed. This study measured the degree of social stigma by examining implicit and explicit attitudes toward people with COVID-19. Explicit attitudes were measured
through self-reporting, taking into account the three components of behavior, cognition, and emotion, and we used the Single-Category Implicit Association Test to assess implicit attitudes. The findings show that explicit attitudes toward people with COVID-19 were positive, whereas implicit
attitudes trended toward being negative. The results suggest that mental health services and policies are needed to reduce social stigma and prevent the risk of mental health problems among people who have been infected with COVID-19.
Keywords: COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COVID-19 PANDEMIC; EXPLICIT ATTITUDE; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATIONS; IMPLICIT ATTITUDE; POSTINFECTION STIGMA; SOCIAL STIGMA
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 November 2021
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