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dc.contributor.authorMejia, Christian R.
dc.contributor.authorAveiro-Róbalo, Telmo Raul
dc.contributor.authorGarlisi Torales, Luciana Daniela
dc.contributor.authorCastro Hidalgo, Verónica Alejandra Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorValeriano, Jhino
dc.contributor.authorIbarra-Montenegro, David Alfonso
dc.contributor.authorConde-Escobar, Aram
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Soto, Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorCanaviri-Murillo, Yuliana
dc.contributor.authorOliva-Ponce, María
dc.contributor.authorSerna-Alarcón, Victor
dc.contributor.authorVilela-Estrada, Martín A.
dc.contributor.authorArias-Chávez, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T19:38:19Z
dc.date.available2023-09-18T19:38:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-17
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13053/9369
dc.description.abstract“Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the spread of abundant misinformation by the media, which caused fear and concern. Objective: To determine the association between the pathologies of the mental sphere and the perceptions of fear and exaggeration transmitted by the media with respect to COVID-19 in Latin America. Methodology: The present study has an analytical cross-sectional design that is based on a validated survey to measure fear and exaggeration transmitted by the media and other sources (Cronbach's α: 0.90). We surveyed more than 6,000 people, originally from 12 Latin American countries, who associated this perceived exaggeration with stress, depression, and anxiety (measured through DASS-21, Cronbach's α: 0.96). Results: Social networks (40%) or television (34%) were perceived as the sources that exaggerate the magnitude of the events. In addition, television (35%) and social networks (28%) were perceived as the sources that generate much fear. On the contrary, physicians and health personnel are the sources that exaggerated less (10%) or provoked less fear (14%). Through a multivariate model, we found a higher level of global perception that was associated with whether the participant was older (p = 0.002), had severe or more serious anxiety (p = 0.033), or had stress (p = 0,037). However, in comparison with Peru (the most affected country), there was a lower level of perception in Chile (p < 0.001), Paraguay (p = 0.001), Mexico (p < 0.001), Ecuador (p = 0.001), and Costa Rica (p = 0.042). All of them were adjusted for gender and for those having severe or major depression. Conclusion: There exists an association between some mental pathologies and the perception that the media does not provide moderate information.“es_PE
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dc.language.isoenges_PE
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.es_PE
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_PE
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es_PE
dc.subjectThe COVID-19 pandemic, study conductedes_PE
dc.titleLatin American perceptions of fear and exaggeration transmitted by the media with regard to COVID-19: frequency and association with severe mental pathologieses_PE
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_PE
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1037450
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_PE
dc.publisher.countryCHEes_PE
dc.subject.ocde3.03.00 -- Ciencias de la saludes_PE


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