Developmental antecedents of young adults' solidarity during the Covid‐19 pandemic: The role of sympathy, social trust, and peer exclusion from early to late adolescence. Issue 5 (31st August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grütter, Jeanine; Buchmann, Marlis
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 92:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: e832
• Page End: e850
• Publication Date: 2021-08-31
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13660
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract: This study explored characteristics of young adults' solidarity during the Covid‐19 pandemic by identifying three different profiles, characterized by low (23%), average (54%), and high solidarity (23%). Based on longitudinal Swiss panel data ( N T1 = 797, M age T1 = 12.15 years, 51% female; 28% migration background representing diverse ethnicities; N T2 = 707, M age T2 = 15.33 years; N T3 = 596, M age T3 = 18.31 years), the study combined person‐ and variable‐centered approaches to examine whether sympathy, social trust, and peer exclusion at earlier phases in development predicted membership in pandemic‐related solidarity profiles ( N T4 = 300, M age T4 = 20.33 years). All developmental predictors were significantly associated with the likelihood of expressing solidarity during the pandemic as young adults.