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The flashbulb-like nature of memory for the first COVID-19 case and the impact of the emergency. A cross-national survey.
- Source :
- Memory; Feb2024, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p264-282, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Flashbulb memories (FBMs) refer to vivid and long-lasting autobiographical memories for the circumstances in which people learned of a shocking and consequential public event. A cross-national study across eleven countries aimed to investigate FBM formation following the first COVID-19 case news in each country and test the effect of pandemic-related variables on FBM. Participants had detailed memories of the date and others present when they heard the news, and had partially detailed memories of the place, activity, and news source. China had the highest FBM specificity. All countries considered the COVID-19 emergency as highly significant at both the individual and global level. The Classification and Regression Tree Analysis revealed that FBM specificity might be influenced by participants' age, subjective severity (assessment of COVID-19 impact in each country and relative to others), residing in an area with stringent COVID-19 protection measures, and expecting the pandemic effects. Hierarchical regression models demonstrated that age and subjective severity negatively predicted FBM specificity, whereas sex, pandemic impact expectedness, and rehearsal showed positive associations in the total sample. Subjective severity negatively affected FBM specificity in Turkey, whereas pandemic impact expectedness positively influenced FBM specificity in China and negatively in Denmark. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL memory
COVID-19
PRESS
MEDICINE information services
ECONOMIC impact
AGE distribution
WORK
POPULATION geography
REGRESSION analysis
FAMILIES
SOCIAL factors
MENTAL health
HEALTH status indicators
MEDICAL emergencies
SEX distribution
SURVEYS
SEVERITY of illness index
HEALTH information services
EPISODIC memory
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESIDENTIAL patterns
STAY-at-home orders
STATISTICAL correlation
DATA analysis software
COVID-19 pandemic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09658211
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Memory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175702986
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2310554