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“What's next?” Individual differences in expected repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future are hardly predictable, and people differ in terms of expected repercussions on their future. This study investigated individual differences in the pandemic's expected repercussions, with particular attention to a Balanced Time Perspective (BTP...

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Autores principales: Ceccato, Irene, Palumbo, Rocco, Di Crosta, Adolfo, Marchetti, Daniela, La Malva, Pasquale, Maiella, Roberta, Marin, Anna, Mammarella, Nicola, Verrocchio, Maria Cristina, Di Domenico, Alberto
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Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9756871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36540758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110674
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author Ceccato, Irene
Palumbo, Rocco
Di Crosta, Adolfo
Marchetti, Daniela
La Malva, Pasquale
Maiella, Roberta
Marin, Anna
Mammarella, Nicola
Verrocchio, Maria Cristina
Di Domenico, Alberto
author_facet Ceccato, Irene
Palumbo, Rocco
Di Crosta, Adolfo
Marchetti, Daniela
La Malva, Pasquale
Maiella, Roberta
Marin, Anna
Mammarella, Nicola
Verrocchio, Maria Cristina
Di Domenico, Alberto
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description The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future are hardly predictable, and people differ in terms of expected repercussions on their future. This study investigated individual differences in the pandemic's expected repercussions, with particular attention to a Balanced Time Perspective (BTP). BTP reflects an individual profile with optimal temporal orientations, it is positively associated with mental health, and it has proven to promote successful coping with unexpected crises. We analyzed data from 3991 adults from 18 to 85 years old participating in an online survey conducted during the Italian lockdown. Participants provided information on BTP, affective states, financial resources, and expectations for the future. Multi-group path analysis was used to test the hypothesized model and to explore gender differences. Results showed that people with a more BTP had fewer negative beliefs about COVID-19's consequences on their future life. BTP affected expected repercussions also indirectly, via affects and beliefs. Finally, gender emerged as a significant moderator of some of the relationships highlighted. The present study contributes to the understanding of the psychological reactions to the current health emergency by confirming its impact on several life domains besides health, not only in the present but also in the anticipated future.
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spelling pubmed-97568712022-12-16 “What's next?” Individual differences in expected repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic Ceccato, Irene Palumbo, Rocco Di Crosta, Adolfo Marchetti, Daniela La Malva, Pasquale Maiella, Roberta Marin, Anna Mammarella, Nicola Verrocchio, Maria Cristina Di Domenico, Alberto Pers Individ Dif Article The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future are hardly predictable, and people differ in terms of expected repercussions on their future. This study investigated individual differences in the pandemic's expected repercussions, with particular attention to a Balanced Time Perspective (BTP). BTP reflects an individual profile with optimal temporal orientations, it is positively associated with mental health, and it has proven to promote successful coping with unexpected crises. We analyzed data from 3991 adults from 18 to 85 years old participating in an online survey conducted during the Italian lockdown. Participants provided information on BTP, affective states, financial resources, and expectations for the future. Multi-group path analysis was used to test the hypothesized model and to explore gender differences. Results showed that people with a more BTP had fewer negative beliefs about COVID-19's consequences on their future life. BTP affected expected repercussions also indirectly, via affects and beliefs. Finally, gender emerged as a significant moderator of some of the relationships highlighted. The present study contributes to the understanding of the psychological reactions to the current health emergency by confirming its impact on several life domains besides health, not only in the present but also in the anticipated future. Elsevier Ltd. 2021-05 2021-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9756871/ /pubmed/36540758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110674 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Marchetti, Daniela
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Marin, Anna
Mammarella, Nicola
Verrocchio, Maria Cristina
Di Domenico, Alberto
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110674
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