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Clinical Psychology and Special Education
2026. Vol. 15, no. 1, 134–148
doi:10.17759/cpse.2026150109
ISSN: 2304-0394 (online)

Features of the temporary focus of people who have suffered from COVID-19 to varying degrees of severity

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused intense changes in all spheres of life of the global community. The speed with which living conditions change, the high level of uncertainty, and the formation of new types of activities have a significant impact on the picture of the modern human world that change the temporal focus. Objective. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics and structure of the relationships between past, present, and future focuses among people with different severities of COVID-19. Methods and materials. To achieve this goal, 257 citizens (59.4% women, 40.6% men, Mean age = 53.59, SD = 11.68) living in the Chelyabinsk region, Russian Federation, were surveyed. The total sample was divided into four groups according to the severity of COVID-19. Temporal Focus Scale was used to study the content of the cognitive component of psychological time. Results. The results of the analysis generally confirm the basic hypothesis: the higher the severity of the disease, the more pronounced the focus on the past and the less pronounced the focus on the present. The identified features of the structure of the temporal focus confirm data on resource potential of psychological time, which is modified according to life situation and allows coping with difficulties. The nuclear characteristic that distinguishes a group of people according to the severity of their disease is immersion in the events of past, dominance of vivid memories among respondents.

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Keywords: psychological time of a person, temporal focus, COVID-19, persons who have undergone a COVID, severity of the disease

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2026150109

Funding. The study was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation within the framework of the scientific project № 24-28-20200 https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-20200/

Received 21.07.2025

Revised 06.11.2025

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For citation: Trushina, I.A., Kuba, E.A., Zabelina, E.V., Novoselova, E.S. (2026). Features of the temporary focus of people who have suffered from COVID-19 to varying degrees of severity. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 15(1), 134–148. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2026150109

© Trushina I.A., Kuba E.A., Zabelina E.V., Novoselova E.S., 2026

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Irina A. Trushina, Candidate of Science (Education), Director of the Institute of Education and Practical Psychology, Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-5927, e-mail: trushina_ia@mail.ru

Elena A. Kuba, Senior Researcher at the Scientific Laboratory of Practical Psychology at the Institute of Education and Practical Psychology, Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-859X, e-mail: ipipelena@mail.ru

Ekaterina V. Zabelina, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Professor, Chair of Psychology, Institute of Education and Practical Psychology, Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2071-6466, e-mail: katya_k@mail.ru

Elizaveta S. Novoselova, Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Institute of Education and Practical Psychology, Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4608-3673, e-mail: lapteva00@list.ru

Contribution of the authors

Irina A. Trushina — research ideas; research planning; control over research; writing the manuscript.

Elena A. Kuba —conducting the experiment; data collection and analysis; visualization of research results; writing the manuscript.

Ekaterina V. Zabelina —application of statistical, mathematical or other methods for data analysis, writing the manuscript.

Elizaveta S. Novoselova — data collection; design of the manuscript.

All authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final text of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Chelyabinsk State University (Protocol No. 5 dated 18/11/2024).

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