Thinking Beyond COVID-19: How Has the Pandemic Impacted Future Time Horizons?
研究调查了抑郁严重度和疫情相关因素（区域严重性、威胁、社会隔离）如何影响未来时间延伸，发现抑郁比年龄更能预测时间视野缩短，且老年人对抑郁有保护作用，年轻人更易受疫情因素负面影响。
Older age is reportedly protective against the detrimental psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, consistent with the theory that reduced future time extension (FTE) leads to prioritization of socioemotional well-being. We investigated whether depression severity and pandemic-related factors (regional severity, threat, social isolation) reduce FTE beyond chronological age and whether these relationships differ between younger and older adults. In May 2020, we recruited 248 adults (younger: 18-43 years, older: 55-80 years) from 13 industrialized nations. Multigroup path analysis found that depression severity was a better predictor of FTE than the reverse association in both age groups, suggesting an affective foreshortening of future time. In both age groups, older age was protective against depression severity, and younger age was associated with heightened vulnerability to the negative impacts of pandemic-related factors. Future research should consider the complex interrelationships between FTE, age, and depression severity and the potential impacts of the broader psychosocial milieu.