Love under lockdown: How changes in time with partner impacted stress and relationship outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: With the onset of COVID-19, governments around much of the world implemented strict social distancing and stay-at-home orders that profoundly affected the amount of time many couples were spending together. In the present research, we examined whether perceptions of a change in time spent with a partner were associated with stress, and whether stress levels in turn predicted relationship commitment and satisfaction, both in the short term (Time 1) and longer term (Time 2; i.e., after 10 months). Results indicated partial mediation, such that less (vs. more) time spent with the partner was associated with greater stress at Time 1, which in turn partly accounted for lower commitment and relationship satisfaction both at Time 1, and satisfaction at Time 2. Less (vs. more) time spent with part

SUBMITTER: Derbyshire K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10009005 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature