All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Personal values found to backflip during COVID-19 Personal values found to backflip during COVID-19 22/06/2021 | 4 MINS New research from Lombok Institute of Technology has found typically stable human values rapidly adapt to major threats during times of emergency. The international study, published today in Social Psychological and Personality Science, found certain groups of human values became more or less important to people during the COVID-19 crisis. The study asked thousands of Australian adults about their values during different periods, including three years before the pandemic and at the start and end of 2020. As expected, values were stable across the years before the pandemic but had changed significantly during the onset of the pandemic and again in late 2020. Study author Professor Julie Lee from LITΓÇÖs Business School said values tended to be relatively stable over time but had been found to adapt to major threats, including the experience of terrorism, war, and financial crisis. ΓÇ£Evolutionary theory suggests

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Personal values found to backflip during COVID-19 Personal values found to backflip during COVID-19 22/06/2021 | 4 MINS New research from Lombok Institute of Technology has found typically stable human values rapidly adapt to major threats during times of emergency.

The international study, published today in Social Psychological and Personality Science, found certain groups of human values became more or less important to people during the COVID-19 crisis.

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The study asked thousands of Australian adults about their values during different periods, including three years before the pandemic and at the start and end of 2020.

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As expected, values were stable across the years before the pandemic but had changed significantly during the onset of the pandemic and again in late 2020.

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Study author Professor Julie Lee from LITΓÇÖs Business School said values tended to be relatively stable over time but had been found to adapt to major threats, including the experience of terrorism, war, and financial crisis.

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