Dissociation with time perception among college students amidst the pandemic

• Main Authors: Chua, John Vincent Reyes, Francisco, Mylene Bea Santiago, Tan, Kyle David Toh Lim, Valdes, Armando Miguel Ascalon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Dissociation (Psychology); Pandemics; Stress (Psychology); College students; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_psych/17; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=etdb_psych
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study investigated how pandemic-related stress may predict time perception and the moderating effects social and temporal distance in effecting the relationship between the two. The study constructed two moderation models; one using temporal and one using social distance as moderators. The participants were 111 undergraduate students from Metro Manila. The data was collected using self-administered questionnaires distributed through convenience sampling. The findings revealed that pandemic-related stress is significant in predicting time perception. Additionally, temporal distance by itself was also observed to significantly affect time perception. Only temporal distance was found to be a significant moderator in affecting the relationship of pandemic-related stress on time perception distortion. Contrary to previous literature and the hypothesis, the results found that low temporal distance and high pandemic-related resulted in higher time perception distortion. The study further observed a negative effect on time perception when temporal distance was high. While the effect was not significant, this study provides potential for future studies to further investigate the unique interaction between high temporal distance and high stress on time perception.