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Estudos de Psicologia (Natal)

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MODESTO, João Gabriel; ZACARIAS, Daniel Oliveira; GALLI, Luccas Moraes  and  NEIVA, Beatriz do Amaral. COVID-19 and attitudes toward social isolation: The role of political orientation, morality, and fake news. Estud. psicol. (Natal) [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.2, pp.124-132. ISSN 1413-294X.  https://doi.org/10.22491/1678-4669.20200013.

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge, and social isolation is one of the main strategies for preventing contagion. In Brazil, however, discussions concerning isolation have been inserted in the political arena of an already polarized context. In this context, this study sought to investigate the role played by morality and Fake News in the relationship between political orientation and attitude towards social isolation. A total of 147 people participated in the survey, indicating their political orientation and responding to social isolation measures, Fake News and morality. The results indicate that political orientation directly influences social isolation, regardless of belief in Fake News and morality indices. It is concluded that the country's political polarization seems to be becoming a public health problem during the pandemic.

Keywords : social isolation; morality; political psychology.

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