Stigma among those infected with the coronavirus

Abstract EN

During the outbreak of the corona pandemic, there was an increased stimulus to the level of social stigma and discrimination against people infected with the virus.

infected persons were suffering from many psychological and physical symptoms as a result of society’s reactions towards them.

this work tried to analyze the semi-directed interviews in order to identify the main dimensions of stigmatization among individuals infected with the corona virus.

the study cases were chosen intentionally.

the results of the interview analysis focused on the following three main dimensions : 1-psychological symptoms that appear on people infected with the corona virus because the stigmatization of the virus.

2-the physical symptoms that appear on those infected with the corona virus because of the disease stigmatization.

3-society’s reactions towards people infected with the corona virus because of the disease stigmatization.