Age differences in hedonic adaptation to societal restrictions? Positive and negative affect trajectories during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 33 nations

• Main Authors: Reitsema, Anne Margit, Jeronimus, Bertus F, Hos, Elisabeth H, Collaboration, PsyCorona, Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum, de Jonge, Peter, Leander, N Pontus
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: American Psychological Association 2023
• Subjects: BF Psychology; BF608 Will. Volition. Choice. Control; RA Public aspects of medicine; RA644.C67 Coronavirus infections. COVID-19 (Disease). COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/110328/7/110328_Age%20differences%20in%20hedonic%20adaptation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/110328/13/110328_Age%20differences%20in%20hedonic%20adaptation%20to%20societal%20restrictions%20Positive%20and%20negative%20affect%20trajectories%20during%20the%20first%20wave%20of%20the%20Covid-19%20pandemic%20in%2033%20nations_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/110328/; https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0001149; https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/emo0001149
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

We examined age group differences in hedonic adaptation trajectories of positive and negative affect (PA/NA) at different arousal levels during the severe societal restrictions that governments implemented to contain the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March to June 2020). Data from 10,509 part...