Abstract

NUNEZ UDAVE, Laura Fabiola et al. Social perception of Covid-19 from emotional distress and socio-emotional competencies in Mexicans. Acta univ [online]. 2020, vol.30, e2879.  Epub Mar 26, 2021. ISSN 2007-9621.  https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2020.2879.

This research aimed to establish the relationship between the social perception about Covid-19 and emotional distress, worry and catastrophic cognition, unnecessary purchases, healing beliefs and socio-emotional skills of Mexicans over 18 years old, from four geographic regions in Mexico. A quantitative methodology was used, with 2324 Mexican people participating in a survey during the phase 2 of Covid-19 pandemic. The results show high concern and catastrophic thinking (M = 34.58), understood as a negative cognitive-emotional response that inflates the value of the threat (Álvarez-Aztorga et al., 2019). High emotional distress (M = 18.95) was found as an unpleasant and multifactorial emotional experience (Bernales et al., 2019). In the general linear regression model, worry and catastrophic cognition (B = 0.642) are related to emotional distress. Socio-emotional competencies (B = -0.152) are a protective factor used as tools that regulate emotional states (Torres, 2018) but with less intensity.

Keywords : Emotional distress; catastrophic cognition; socio-emotional competencies.

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