Covid pandemic ‘may have changed people’s personalities’

The oldest group of adults studied showed no statistically significant changes in their personality traits

Young people were particularly negatively affected (AFP via Getty Images)

The Covid-19 pandemic could have altered people’s personalities, new research has revealed.

The changes found were equivalent to how someone’s personality would normally change over a decade.

Previous studies have, in general, found no association between stressful events which affect a large number of people - such as earthquakes and hurricanes - and personality change.