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Gábor Vona Semmelweis Egyetem, Mentális Egészségtudományok Doktori Iskola, Budapest, Magyarország

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A 2019 végén Kínából kiinduló, majd az egész világon szétterjedő COVID–19-járvány az emberiség meghatározó történelmi tapasztalata. Az emberek a koronavírussal háromféle formában találkoznak: a saját vagy a környezetükben történő megbetegedések által, a járványról szóló társadalmi diskurzus során és a különféle szigorítások, lezárások következményeként. Mindez pszichés terhet ró az emberekre, amelynek hatására kimutathatóan növekedik a halálszorongás és a mentális zavarok előfordulási gyakorisága. Jelen közlemény arra tesz kísérletet, hogy a pandémia pszichés hatásairól szóló tudományos kutatásokat a terrormenedzsment-elmélet (Terror Management Theory, TMT) szemszögéből mutassa be. A TMT központi gondolata, hogy az ember általános ősélménye a halálszorongás, amely egyfajta alapját képezi a lelki működésünknek, viselkedésünknek, egyúttal pszichés zavarainknak is. A halálszorongással szemben proximális és disztális formában védekezünk, megakadályozva, hogy annak növekedése komoly mentális zavarokat okozzon. Az elmélet rövid ismertetése után a TMT vizsgálati módszereivel készült legújabb kutatások és tanulmányok fényében bemutatásra kerül a koronavírus-járvány halálszorongásra és különféle pszichés zavarokra gyakorolt hatása. A pandémia a halálszorongás elleni mindkét megküzdési formát meggyengíti, amely a TMT égisze alatt végzett kutatások eredményei szerint nem csupán a halálszorongás közvetlen növekedéséért, de a különféle mentális zavarok erősödéséért is felelős. A pandémia és a mentális állapot pozitív irányú elmozdulásával kapcsolatban is születtek vizsgálati eredmények, ezek ismertetése után a tanulmányt egyes TMT-kutatók által megfogalmazott javaslatok zárják.

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