Covid might have changed people’s personalities, study suggests

Younger adults became more prone to stress and less trusting, say US researchers

The impact of the Covid pandemic may have been so deep that it altered people's personalities, according to research.

Previously psychologists have failed to find a link between collective stressful events, such as earthquakes or hurricanes, and personality change. However, something about the losses experienced or simply the long grind of social isolation appears to have made an impact.