Grounded in the vast changes to work life (jobs) and home life that people are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic (hereinafter COVID), this article presents five research directions related to COVID’s impacts on jobs—i e , job loss, job changes, job outcomes, coping, and support—and five research directions related to COVID’s impact on home life—i e , home life changes, children, life-related outcomes, social life, and support In addition to this, I discuss overarching possible research directions and considerations for researchers, editors, and reviewers, as we continue our scientific journey to support people through this pandemic and beyond I organize these directions and considerations into two sets of five each: focal groups that should be studied—i e , underprivileged populations, different countries and cultural contexts, women (vs men), workers in healthcare (frontline workers), elderly and at-risk—and five general issues and special considerations—i e , role of technology as the oxygen, pre- vs mid- vs post-COVID studies, constraints on data collection/research due to COVID, evolution of COVID, and focus on contextualization (generalizability is irrelevant)
Impacts of COVID-19: A Research Agenda to Support People in Their Fight