Nataliia Onishchenko
Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor. National university of civil defence of Ukraine
ORCID 0000-0003-3026-1650
Yelyzaveta Kazakova
postgraduate student. National university of civil defence of Ukraine
ORCID 0000-0002-0135-0876
DOI https://doi.org/10.52363/dcpp-2021.2.1
Key words: pandemic; mental state; quarantine; welcome threat; existential threat.
The urgency of the problem of the collision of society in general and the individual in particular with the conditions of quarantine restrictions due to a pandemic has necessitated the study of the psychological characteristics of human response to such a situation. The article, which aims to study the psychological features of the perception of the situation around the incidence of COVID-19, provides a description of the main reactions of the population to the pandemic.
The results showed that there are at least two polar views on the impact of quarantine restrictions on human life: 1) quarantine has changed a person's worldview and his view of things familiar to him; 2) quarantine did not change anything - everything was as it was and remains.
It was found that during the restrictive measures the main problems faced by the respondents were financial difficulties and uncertainty. In this case, the uncertainty of the situation does not mean an understanding of how long such a situation will last, what other restrictions may be imposed, how and how it will end. According to the data obtained, the most acute issues for the first group are related to the provision of social needs, which can be an indirect marker of unmet security needs. For most respondents in the second group, interpersonal relationships and inclusion in the system of social relationships come to the fore.
A study of quarantine conditions showed a predominance of confusion and fear. It was also found that during the performance of professional duties remotely, the respondents had difficulties in organizing a new daily routine and inclusion in the new rhythm and format of work.
It is shown that the situation around the pandemic for a certain part of the respondents is a crisis event, which in some way causes the transformation processes in the value-semantic sphere of personality.