Developmental antecedents of young adults’ solidarity during the Covid‐19 pandemic: The role of sympathy, social trust, and peer exclusion from early to late adolescence

This study explored characteristics of young adults’ solidarity during the Covid‐19 pandemic by identifying three different profiles, characterized by low (23%), average (54%), and high solidarity (23%). Based on longitudinal Swiss panel data (N (T1) = 797, M (age T1) = 12.15 years, 51% female; 28% migration background representing diverse ethnicities; N (T2) = 707, M (age T2) = 15.33 years; N (T3) = 596, M (age T3) = 18.31 years), the study combined person‐ and variable‐centered approaches to examine whether sympathy, social trust, and peer exclusion at earlier phases in development predicted membership in pandemic‐related solidarity profiles (N (T4) = 300, M (age T4) = 20.33 years). All developmental predictors were significantly associated with the likelihood of expressing solidarity during the pandemic as young adults.