An Analysis of the Research on “Psychological Typhoon Eye Effect" in COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 is a global public health emergency, which has a great and far-reaching impact on all aspects of the world. So far, it is not over, with a lot of uncertainty, which greatly increases the social risk. “Psychological typhoon eye effect†was put forward by Shu Li(2009) to describe the anxiety level of people at different spatial distances from the disaster area, the farther away from the disaster area, the higher the anxiety level of people. Two surveys have found that this effect does exist in COVID-19. It was argued that it is of practical significance to study people's psychological panic in COVID-19 from the perspective of the psychological typhoon eye effect. However, the psychological typhoon eye effect is only an analogy, and the cause or mechanism of its occurrence is not clear. Therefore, future research, especially in the context of COVID-19, should further study its implication and mechanism.