Subject	Psychology: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Specific subject area	Time perspective, mood states, beliefs
Type of data	Raw data and questionnaires (.xls) Descriptive statistics (Table 1) Expected repercussions of COVID-19 questionnaire (Table 2)
How data were acquired	Data were obtained through an online survey Instruments: Qualtrics
Data format	Raw data
Parameters for data collection	Respondents were adults between 18 and 85 years old who were resident in Italy during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Description of data collection	The data were collected between April 1st and April 20th, 2020, in Italy. The respondents participated in an online survey through the Qualtrics platform.
Data source location	Institution: University “G. d'Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara City: Chieti Country: Italy
Data accessibility	Repository name: Mendeley Data Data identification number: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/52zyny39yy.2 Direct URL to data: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/52zyny39yy.2
Related research article	Ceccato I., Palumbo R., Di Crosta A., Marchetti D., La Malva P., Maiella R., Marin A., Mammarella N., Verrocchio M.C., Di Domenico A., (2021). “What's next?” Individual differences in expected repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Personality and Individual Differences, 174, 110,674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110674