ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Uncertainty of the Pandemic Imprinted in Adolescents’ Spontaneous Thoughts of Future
- 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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