Temporal perspective in young people who have had COVID-19 in connection with alexithymia
Abstract
Purpose of the study: to determine the time perspective of young people who have and have not had COVID-19 due to alexithymia. Materials and methods: the total sample consisted of 60 people aged 18 to 45 years, of which 30 people had recovered from coronavirus (EC); 30 healthy people who didn’t have COVID-19 (CG). Methods: “Time Perspective Questionnaire” by F. Zimbardo, “Incomplete Sentences” by D. Sachs and S. Levy; Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Results: For the young people in the sample, orientation to the future is important, but in the group of those who have recovered, there is more fatalism and denial of their own responsibility for the future, while in the group of young people who haven’t had COVID-19 there is more faith in their own strengths and in themselves. Young people who have experienced COVID-19 enjoy the present more. All respondents have a predominantly positive attitude towards the past. A connection between the level of alexithymia and a negative perception of the past and a fatalistic present was revealed. Conclusions: In a time perspective, young people who have suffered from COVID-19 are dominated by hedonistic living of the present, positive acceptance of the past and lack of hope in their own strengths in an overall positive perception of the future. In the comparison group, duality in the perception of the past was revealed: on the one hand, there is acceptance of one’s past, and on the other, disappointment and a negative attitude towards it. In the future, a positive attitude prevails with faith and hope in one’s own strengths with a positive assessment of one’s unrealized capabilities. Respondents from both comparison groups revealed significant direct connections between indicators of alexithymia and perception of the past and present. High levels of alexithymia are associated with negative connotations of the past and present in a time perspective
About the Authors
O. E. Khmelevskaya
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Pacific State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. A. Kravtsova
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Pacific State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. A. Son
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Pacific State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Khmelevskaya O.E., Kravtsova N.A., Son A.A. Temporal perspective in young people who have had COVID-19 in connection with alexithymia. Medical Psychology in Russia. 2024;16(1):34-44. (In Russ.)
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