The Four Horsemen of Fear: An Integrated Model of Understanding Fear Experiences During the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Adriano Schimmenti, Joël Billieux, Vladan Starcevic. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2020
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In this article, we argue that fear experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic are organized on the psychological level around four interrelated dialectical domains, namely (1) fear of the body/fear for the body, (2) fear of significant others/fear for significant others, (3) fear of not knowing/fear of knowing, and (4) fear of taking action/fear of inaction. These domains represent the bodily, interpersonal, cognitive, and behavioural features of fear, respectively. We propose ways of addressing these fears and minimising their impact by improving appraisal of the body, fostering attachment security, improving emotion regulation, adopting acceptance and promoting responsibility.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology
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- The seven lives of Airbnb. The role of accommodation types (2021, unknown): “In fact, fear of contagion has been proposed as the human brain's response to external stimuli (Schimmenti et al., 2020), which influences our behaviours and choices, and thus it will have an impact on travel decisions from now on.”
- Perceived social impacts of tourism and quality-of-life: a new conceptual model (2020, background): “community may assist in reinforcing people’s attachment security (Schimmenti et al., 2020) and”