Coping Using Sex During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of sex to cope with negative affective states during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be influenced by various sociodemographic and psychological characteristics.

Aim

We aimed to examine the effects of social distancing, loneliness, difficulties in emotion regulation, and self-regulation on participants self-reported coping using sex during lockdown in the United Kingdom.

Methods

Participants had to be residents of the United Kingdom, aged between 18-60 years, fluent in English, and had to have an Internet connection. They were instructed not to participate if they had consumed alcohol in the previous 24 hours. A total of 789 participants aged 18-59 years completed an online survey. Participants provided self-report measures of s

SUBMITTER: Gillespie SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7691167 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature