641 KB78 KB199220252025Wu¨stner, Kerstinštevilka:letn. 34str. 41-57DOI:10.20419/2025.34.605ISSN:2350-5141COBISSID_HOST:255795971URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-E08C1VRTenDruštvo psihologov SlovenijePsihološka obzorja (Ljubljana)authoritarianismavtoritarnostconformityCOVID-19interpersonal trustkonformnostmedosebno zaupanjepunitive attitudessolidaritysolidarnoststališča do kaznovanjaThe COVID-19 pandemic in Germany| fear, need for solidarity and conformity, authoritarianism and the desire to punish non-conforming individuals| Pandemija COVID-19 v Nemčiji| strah, potreba po solidarnosti in konformnosti, avtoritarnost in želja po kaznovanju nekonformističnih posameznikov|In crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic states, organizations, and individuals try to cope with a variety of challenges. The pandemic caused fear and some individuals felt a need for solidarity and conformity. A crisis such as the pandemic was likely to reinforce authoritarian attitudes. This paper aims to explore how these aspects were perceived during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether they contributed to the desire to punish non-conforming individuals. To this purpose, an online survey was conducted in Germany (n = 285). This study shows that punitive attitudes could be partly explained by expected solidarity, the need for conformity, fear of health damage caused by the COVID-19 virus – and a lack of fear of other consequences of the pandemic, and by authoritarian aggression. Due to the limitations of the small sample, the results can only provide some indications for further research, which are discussed in the conclusionV času kriznih situacij, kot je bila pandemija COVID-19, se države, organizacije in posamezniki poskušajo spopasti z različnimi izzivi. Pandemija je povzročila strah, nekateri posamezniki pa so čutili potrebo po solidarnosti in konformnosti. Kriza, kot je bila pandemija, je verjetno okrepila avtoritarna stališča. Namen tega prispevka je raziskati, kako so bili ti vidiki zaznani med pandemijo COVID-19 in ali so prispevali k želji po kaznovanju nekonformističnih posameznikov. V ta namen smo v Nemčiji izvedli spletno raziskavo (n = 285). Izsledki te študije kažejo, da je stališča do potrebnosti kaznovanja mogoče delno razložiti s pričakovano solidarnostjo, potrebo po konformizmu, strahom pred zdravstveno škodo, ki jo je povzročil virus COVID-19, pomanjkanjem strahu pred drugimi posledicami pandemije ter z avtoritarno agresivnostjo. Zaradi omejitev, ki jih prinaša majhen vzorec lahko rezultati ponudijo le nekaj napotkov za nadaljnje raziskave, ki so obravnavani v zaključkuTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaDruštvo psihologov Slovenije