Some people experienced personality changes during the COVID pandemic, study finds

People experienced some key personality changes during the pandemic, study finds | CNN Many people have felt on edge since the US shut down in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Not only is it normal, but it may be a nationwide change in personality, experts say. How long it lasts and what the impacts are still remain uncertain, they added. Madeline Holcombe CNN

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Covid-19 changed a lot – how we socialized, where we went, and even what work looked like. A new study shows the pandemic may have changed our personalities as well.

Psychologists have long believed that a person’s traits stayed pretty much the same, even in the wake of stressful events. But by looking at pre-pandemic levels of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness and comparing that to data collected in 2021 and 2022, researchers found notable personality changes among the United States population, according to the study.

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Extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness all declined in the US population in the years following the start of the pandemic, particularly in young adults, according to the study, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.

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