Civic spirit and kindness have grown significantly. Studies have shown that people's emotions can easily become negative during the epidemic, but they also have a greater sense of accomplishment, commitment and meaning—
During the epidemic period, some of the dominant characters were significantly improved
(Reporter Yin Xiaoyan) After the outbreak, many people will have anxiety, panic and depression. Recently, the Center for Positive Psychology of the Academy of Social Sciences of Tsinghua University compared the data from 2019 and 2020 and found that since the outbreak, people's emotions have indeed become more negative, but they also have more sense of accomplishment, commitment and meaning. sense. Among the 24 qualities, 10 qualities such as forgiveness, courage, self-control, integrity, fairness, humility, good learning, civic spirit, hope and kindness were significantly improved. Only the humorous personality decreased significantly.
According to reports, human well-being is composed of five parts: emotion, input, relationship, meaning and achievement. The study found that people ’s emotions have indeed been much negative during this period. However, the three aspects of sense of accomplishment, commitment and meaning have significantly improved.
But the interpersonal relationships did not change significantly because of the house. Experts analyze that this is because although everyone has reduced communication and exchanges with the outside world during isolation at home, the current network is developed and everyone has more choices in the way of communication than before. Through video, voice contact, or online Mahjong and game communication, the effects of the last two are basically offset, so the impact of the epidemic on interpersonal relationships is not great.
At the same time, staying at home also gives people more time than ever before, and they can devote more of their power, whether it is taking the opportunity to study hard, spend time with their children, focus on developing new dishes, and use space to exercise , Is still on the front line of assistance ... Everyone can invest in "doing something", because everyone understands that the invested life is happier, even more so now.
The sense of meaning is more obvious. People often assume that "death" is far away from themselves, so when making plans, they always push important and not urgent things over and over again. When life is in crisis, people may have a chance to see the most valuable thing.
The research results also show that after the outbreak, many of the people's predominant personalities have improved significantly compared to before. Specifically, there are 10 advantages. The rises of forgiveness, courage, self-control, honesty, fairness, humility, learning, civic spirit, hope and kindness have reached statistically significant levels.
During this period, there was only one significant decrease in the dominant character, and that was the sense of humor. It may be because people's positive emotions diminish during the special period at the moment, and they have no mood to joke.
During the epidemic, let us touch the mortal benevolence of countless ordinary people with tears, all shining with the glory of human nature. This survey result also shows that when the crisis comes, in order to cope with the various challenges that follow, people will mobilize many internal psychological resources to make themselves more brave, more self-controlling, more cooperative, and more forgiving. , Have more kindness and hope ... Therefore, many character advantages rise instead of falling.
It is generally believed that when disaster strikes, there is anxiety, fear, helplessness, and panic everywhere, but the research results show that disaster does not completely let people lose their advantages, but instead stimulates their inner strength and makes unfamiliar People have more cooperation with each other, be more kind to others, give a helping hand to others, and therefore have more hopes of overcoming difficulties.
"Humans are animals of 'hope'." Psychologists believe that since ancient times, mankind has relied on hopes and beliefs in the future to overcome challenges and even disasters, and has reached today. Disasters will undoubtedly bring more negative emotions, but at the same time they also stimulate people's ability to do things more, a sense of accomplishment and meaning, which will help everyone inspire their own character advantages.