Professor Michio Murakami, Osaka University Infectious Diseases Comprehensive Education and Research Center, Professor Asako Miura, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Mei Yamagata, doctoral student, Professor Kai Hiraishi, Faculty of Letters, Keio University, Daisuke Nakanishi, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hiroshima Shudo University The professor's research group found that people who support the government's movement restrictions in an emergency tend to think that the new coronavirus infection is self-inflicted.
According to Osaka University, the research group has shown in a survey that the percentage of people who think that the new coronavirus infection is self-inflicted is higher in Japan than in other countries, but it has not been able to clarify the characteristics of those who think that it is self-inflicted.Therefore, we analyzed the data of a survey conducted in 2020 on 1,207 ordinary citizens nationwide.
As a result, it was found that the most strongly related to feeling self-reliant is agreeing with the government's action restriction in an emergency, and the tendency to demand strong regulation of others and self-relief shown to be associated with emotion.
The average Japanese person is unlikely to be infected with the new coronavirus, and those who think that the new coronavirus infection is not a common occurrence, young people, and the elderly tend to take the new coronavirus infection for granted, but the relationship was weak.Respondents' area of residence, population density of the area of residence, educational attainment, and occupation were not relevant.
Social and psychological problems such as discrimination and prejudice are likely to arise under the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection.The research group believes that the results of this study will provide clues as to how discrimination and prejudice arise during the pandemic.
