Italian university students' future time perspective and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Autor: | Parrello S; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., Postiglione J; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., Sica LS; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., De Rosa B; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., Parola A; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., Regnoli GM; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., Fenizia E; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy., Sommantico M; Department of Humanities, Section of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2024 Jul 23; Vol. 15, pp. 1404952. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 23 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1404952 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, young adults worldwide showed signs of distress as they were affected in their specific developmental tasks, including the construction of personal and professional futures. Methods: The present study aimed to assess the situational future time perspective of Italian university students during the second pandemic wave, as measured by an ad hoc constructed instrument, to explore its interaction with some dispositional traits relevant in future construction, such as optimism, sense of life, aggression, and dispositional future time perspective, and to test their effect on psychological well-being. The total sample consisted of 389 subjects (18-35 years, M = 23.5, SD = 4.4). Results and Discussion: The results indicated that the pandemic experience, assessed by surveying specific indicators, negatively affected the future time perspective of students, particularly those dispositionally optimistic and convinced that life has meaning. However, awareness of the negative impact that the pandemic brought to the vision of the future seems to have dampened the levels of depression and stress, while anxiety was found to be related only to dispositional traits. The results also suggested the need for educational and economic policies that help young adults develop confidence in the future and in their ability to build it. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision. (Copyright © 2024 Parrello, Postiglione, Sica, De Rosa, Parola, Regnoli, Fenizia and Sommantico.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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