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Koller JE, Villinger K, Lages NC, et al. Stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):1296doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11270-1.
Koller, J. E., Villinger, K., Lages, N. C., Brünecke, I., Debbeler, J. M., Engel, K. D., Grieble, S., Homann, P. C., Kaufmann, R., Koppe, K. M., Oppenheimer, H., Radtke, V. C., Rogula, S., Stähler, J., Renner, B., & Schupp, H. T. (2021). Stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. BMC public health, 21(1), 1296. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11270-1
Koller, Julia E, et al. "Stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany." BMC public health vol. 21,1 (2021): 1296. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11270-1
Koller JE, Villinger K, Lages NC, Brünecke I, Debbeler JM, Engel KD, Grieble S, Homann PC, Kaufmann R, Koppe KM, Oppenheimer H, Radtke VC, Rogula S, Stähler J, Renner B, Schupp HT. Stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 02;21(1):1296. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11270-1. PMID: 34215224; PMCID: PMC8253234.
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BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 02;21(1):1296. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11270-1.

Stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

BMC public health

Julia E Koller, Karoline Villinger, Nadine C Lages, Isabel Brünecke, Joke M Debbeler, Kai D Engel, Sofia Grieble, Peer C Homann, Robin Kaufmann, Kim M Koppe, Hannah Oppenheimer, Vanessa C Radtke, Sarah Rogula, Johanna Stähler, Britta Renner, Harald T Schupp

Affiliations

  1. University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
  2. University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 34215224 PMCID: PMC8253234 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11270-1

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The outbreak and global spread of COVID-19 was accompanied by an increase in reports of stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people. The behavioral immune system provides a framework for stigmatization in response to infectious disease threats. Specifically, stigmatization might increase with rising levels of infectious disease threat. The present study aimed to examine this hypothesis during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: As part of the "EUCLID" project ( https://euclid.dbvis.de ), a total of 5011 persons from Germany were surveyed via an online-questionnaire between February 2

RESULTS: There was no evidence for an increase in the stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people across three topics, that is personal proximity, air travel, and medical measures upon arrival from China.

CONCLUSIONS: The present findings provide good news in that participants showed an adaptive response to the infectious disease threat rather than displaying increased stigmatization. Further research is necessary to specify the conditions that increase the risk of stigmatization in response to infectious disease threats.

Keywords: Avoidance; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Disease; Pandemic; Pathogen; SARS-CoV-2; Stigma; Stigmatization; Threat

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