For most of people some personality traits stay the same throughout their whole life, while others change slightly. However a new study shows that traumatic events in our life can cause our personalities to change rapidly. The study began in 2014 and involved over 7000 participants from US that before and during the pandemic completed the "Big Five Inventory" - an assessment tool that measures personality across five dimensions. There weren't many changes pre pandemic however in 2021/2022 researchers found declines in extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. I think that the results of this study make a lot of sense. During pandemic all of us went through some drastic changes - that explains our personality changes and a huge decrease in our well-being. This difficult time affected us in many areas and because of that it was way harder for us to get back to our regular lives.
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https://theconversation.com/has-the-pandemic-changed-our-personalities-new-research-suggests-were-less-open-agreeable-and-conscientious-191308
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