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Toffalini, Enrico ; Kosak, Ferdinand ; Schelhorn, Iris ; Wittmann, Marc

The subjective experience of time during the pandemic in Germany: The big slowdown

Toffalini, Enrico, Kosak, Ferdinand , Schelhorn, Iris und Wittmann, Marc (2022) The subjective experience of time during the pandemic in Germany: The big slowdown. PLOS ONE 17 (5), e0267709.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 14 Jul 2022 05:38
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.52590


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Several COVID-19 studies on the felt passage of time have been conducted due to the strong feeling of time distortion many people have experienced during the pandemic. Overall, a relative decelaration of time passage was generally associated with negative affect and social isolation; a relative acceleration was associated with an increase in routine in daily life. There is some variability in ...

Several COVID-19 studies on the felt passage of time have been conducted due to the strong feeling of time distortion many people have experienced during the pandemic. Overall, a relative decelaration of time passage was generally associated with negative affect and social isolation; a relative acceleration was associated with an increase in routine in daily life. There is some variability in results depending on the country of study and COVID-19 restrictions introduced, participants' demographics, and questionnaire items applied. Here we present a study conducted in May 2021 in Germany including n = 500 participants to assess time perception, emotional reactions, and attitudes towards the countermeasures. The passage of time judgments (POTJ) for the preceding 12 months during the pandemic were compared to data addressing the same question posed in previous studies conducted before the outbreak of COVID-19. The previous year was rated as having passed relatively slower during the pandemic compared to the ratings from before the pandemic. The duration judgments (DJ) of the 14 months since the start of the pandemic showed a bimodal distribution with both relatively shorter and relatively longer DJs. Higher levels of several negative emotions, as well as less social satisfaction, were associated with prolonged DJs and partially slower POTJs. Fear for health was not linked with the subjective experience of time, but exploratory analyses suggested that higher levels of fear were linked to more positive evaluations and approval of the governmental countermeasures. Those who reported higher levels of negative, agitated-aggressive emotions showed lower levels of consent with these measures.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPLOS ONE
Verlag:PLOS
Ort der Veröffentlichung:SAN FRANCISCO
Band:17
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:5
Seitenbereich:e0267709
Datum5 Mai 2022
InstitutionenHumanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie
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WertTyp
10.1371/journal.pone.0267709DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsTOO FAST; PERCEPTION; PASSAGE; DURATION; ROUTINE;
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-525907
Dokumenten-ID52590

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