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| Published: September 30, 2022
Loneliness During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Moderating Effects of Extroversion and Introversion
Student, Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Student, Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Professor, Gargi College, University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.142.20221003
DOI: 10.25215/1003.142
ABSTRACT
Individuals were faced with a variety of challenges during Covid-19, one of which was adjusting to the “new normals” of the lockdown. The current study examines the moderating effects of extraversion and introversion on two dimensions i.e., loneliness and covid related anxiety. A total of 139 participants between the ages of 18 and 25 years old were considered. 60 men and 79 women were selected using convenience sampling. McCroskey Introversion Scale, UCLA loneliness Scale and SAVE-6 scale were used to assess extraversion, loneliness and covid-19 related anxiety for the participants. The relationship between variables was determined through the Pearson’s Product moment correlation. The findings suggest that people higher on the extraversion were less likely to experience loneliness than introverts. No correlation was found between the two personality traits and covid-19 related anxiety. t-tests were conducted to check any gender differences on the three scales however, no significant differences were found.
Keywords
Covid-19, Introversion, Extraversion, Loneliness, Anxiety, Personality.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2022, Wanchoo, A., Singh, A. & Bhatia, S.
Received: July 05, 2022; Revision Received: September 18, 2022; Accepted: September 30, 2022
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.142.20221003
10.25215/1003.142
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Published in Volume 10, Issue 3, July-September, 2022