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#11 The Pandemic Personality Paradox: How Two Years of Disappointment, Loneliness, and Pivoting Has Fast-Tracked Personality Change Among Young Adults, and How To Find the Silver Linings
Covid. Ugh. We all have pandemic news fatigue by now. And although Covid may not be the headline of campus conversations anymore, our student interviews have shown us there’s always something about the pandemic written in the fine print. College student mental health has taken a hit in some obvious, and in some not-so-obvious, ways.
In this episode, we discuss a research study highlighted by the NY Times that suggests significant personality change has occurred as a consequence of the pandemic. And these changes are most significant in young adults. Overall, young adults were found to be less…
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