The global coronavirus pandemic disrupted almost everything about our lives. New research suggests it may have changed Americans' personalities, too — and not for the better.
The global coronavirus pandemic disrupted almost everything about our lives, from how we work and go to school, to how we socialize , and ultimately strained trust in many of the overarching systems we depend on, from health care to government.Typically, major personality traits remain fairly stable throughout life, with most change happening in young adulthood or when stressful personal life events occur.
While these traits don't typically change radically throughout a lifetime, there's a general trend for young people to see a decrease in neuroticism as they mature, and an increase in agreeableness and conscientiousness. Sutin calls this trajectory"development towards maturity." But the study findings suggest a reversal of that pattern for younger adults as the pandemic dragged on.
These particular personality changes in young people have the potential for negative long-term impacts, too, says Jackson."[Agreeableness and conscientiousness] are characteristics that are associated with success in the workforce, and in relationships," he says. "The general rule is that life events don't have widespread impact on personality," he says. For that reason, Jackson hopes further study will determine whether the personality changes this study found will sustain over a lifetime or be more of a"short-term shock.", a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who studies continuity and change in personality across adulthood, and was also not involved in the study.
"It's not a simple question of either people being fixed and not changing at all, which is clearly wrong, or being rudderless ships battered about by the winds of change — it's something in between," says Roberts. Overall, the environmental changes we've experienced over the past few years aren't likely permanent either, which means the psychological consequences might very well change again, too.
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