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. 2023 Sep;33(3):762-773.
doi: 10.1111/jora.12836. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

I was, I am, I will be: Identity and time perspective before and during COVID-19

Beatrice Bobba  1 , Lucia Stella Lynch  2 , Kazumi Sugimura  3 , Elisabetta Crocetti  1
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I was, I am, I will be: Identity and time perspective before and during COVID-19

Beatrice Bobba et al. J Res Adolesc. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

The ways in which youth reach a stable identity, a core developmental task of emerging adulthood, are intertwined with their perceptions of the past, present, and future. Additionally, these dynamics are embedded in and are strongly influenced by the socio-historical context and concurrent events, such as COVID-19. This study examines how different groups of emerging adults (university students and workers) engage in identity processes in educational/vocational and interpersonal domains and frame their perspective of time before (N = 299, Mage = 21.90; 51.4% females) and during the pandemic (N = 497; Mage = 23.11; 68.2% females). Significant differences in identity processes and time perspective emerged between the two cohorts. Moreover, significant associations between identity and time perspective were found to be similar across different identity domains and cohorts.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; identity; time perspective.

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