The Lesser Evil: University Students Representations On The Use Of Masks For Covid-19 Prevention / Dos Males o Menor: Representações de Universitários sobre o Uso das Máscaras para Prevenção da Covid-19
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https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v14.11286Keywords:
Máscaras, Ações preventivas contra doenças, Infecções por coronavírus, Pesquisa qualitativaAbstract
Objective: to know the social representations of brazilian university students about the use of masks to control COVID-19. Method: qualitative survey, based on the Theory of Social Representations. 283 brazilian university students were selected by convenience. Data were collected through a digital form. For analysis, the Thematic Analysis was used. Results: a theme named “The mask for prevention: materialization of the fear of contagion” was elaborated, and three sub-themes, respectively titled “The construction of a new habit: the necessary evil of masks”; “The macrosocial in the modification of the self” and “The use of the mask in everyday life: the individualization of the social”. The understanding of the use of masks as a resource for preventing a life-threatening condition was observed. These favorable attitudes seem to be organized in contrast to the fear caused by virus and their consequences.
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