ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Uncertainty of the Pandemic Imprinted in Adolescents’ Spontaneous Thoughts of Future

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Irmak Olcaysoy Okten
    New York University
  • Aleyna Dogan
    NYU
  • Gabriele Oettingen
    University of Hamburg

Abstract

How do the contextual changes with the pandemic impact the way adolescents think about their future? By content-analyzing adolescents’ expressions of their wishes and obstacles, we found an increase in words in subjunctive and tentative forms. This indicates a rising uncertainty towards the future and in themselves.

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