Dificuldades no engajamento às medidas contra a COVID-19

The role of fears of compassion

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41601

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fears of compassion, coronavirus, COVID-19, emotion regulation, prosocial behaviors

Abstract

As a prosocial motivation, compassion enables to engage in care and collaborative behaviors, what can be impaired in people facing fears of compassion. This study proposed to investigate factors involved in the difficulties to engage in distancing measures, evaluating the role of the fears of compassion. 284 adults (mean age = 36,47) answered Fears of Compassion Scales, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and a questionnaire about the engagement to social distancing measures. A path analysis model explained 32% of the variance on the recommended measures in two ways: fear of expressing compassion to others reduces the compliance with the recommendations decreasing prosocial motivations to follow the measures; fears of expressing compassion to self and others predicted stronger difficulties on emotional regulation, reducing the adherence to protocols because of emotional exhaustion. Providing the development of compassion can help to promote healthier emotional strategies to deal with the pandemic and to promote a more collaborative society to engage in social actions.

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Sandiléia Pfeiffer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Mestre em Psicologia Clínica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Carolina Saraiva de Macedo Lisboa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; mestre em Psicologia também pela UFRGS; professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia e da Faculdade de Psicologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

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Pfeiffer, S., & Lisboa, C. S. de M. . (2021). Dificuldades no engajamento às medidas contra a COVID-19: The role of fears of compassion. Psico, 52(3), e41601. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41601

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