{"id":122017,"date":"2021-01-26T10:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T09:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=122017"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:21","slug":"corona-science-the-restrictions-are-hard-on-everyone-but-the-younger-generation-is-being-hit-the-hardest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/01\/26\/corona-science-the-restrictions-are-hard-on-everyone-but-the-younger-generation-is-being-hit-the-hardest\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona science: \u2018The restrictions are hard on everyone, but the younger generation is being hit the hardest\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cYoung adults are feeling like they don\u2019t have many prospects, like they have no idea what their lives will be like one or two months from now. As a result, they have the feeling they are not in charge of their own lives\u201d, says Eveline Crone, professor Developmental neuroscience in society. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cYoung people\u2019s lives revolve around making social contact. They are now limited in that, and they\u2019re not being handed any alternatives. We know that these are things that can make people feel very bad indeed.\u201d Crone is the founder of the Erasmus SYNC lab (Society, Youth & Neuroscience Connected), and she and her team are currently conducting research on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting adolescent and student welfare.<\/p>\n

What was your study like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started out with a study involving nine hundred young adults, half of whom were Erasmus University students, while the other half were adolescents living in Rotterdam, aged 10 to 18. We asked them to keep a daily diary for two weeks, and to answer questions such as how they were doing and whether they\u2019d had any chance to meet others. Those diaries gave us a good understanding of how emotions change from day to day.\u201d<\/p>\n

What were your findings?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe results quickly began to show us that the older the young adults, the more poorly they were doing. They were more prone to anxiety and less likely to feel strong. We found that things were really quite rough for teenagers aged 16 to 20 and young adults aged 20 to 25. This prompted us to conduct more research on young adults at that stage of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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