How Do We Live Together During a Lockdown in Belgium? Study of Couple and Parental Satisfaction

Galdiolo, Sarah; Géonet, Marie; Gaugue, Justine

doi:10.1007/s43076-022-00146-x

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“…Focus groups' participants who instead passed the lockdown with their partner reported how having spent more time together was a factor that allowed them to deepen the couple's relationship as not having to move and always being together had a positive impact on stress [6]. This is also confirmed by the existing literature as a good quality of relationships is able to guarantee comfort, safety and support and can generate a state of physical and emotional well-being by reducing stress [34,[39][40][41][42].…”

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confidence: 52%

“…An acceleration in the timing of sexual intercourse and/or an increase in their frequency has therefore been reported both for those who have experienced the lockdown at a distance and for those who have experienced it together with their partner [34,39,40]. For ten focus groups' participants, this increase is due to more time spent together at home; for others it was a consequence of the expectations that arose during social distancing.…”

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confidence: 91%

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The sexuality of couples formed during the pandemic: An exploratory study

Filisetti

Tortora²,

Paruta³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Covid-19 has been affecting people’s lives on a social, economic, emotional, and sexual level. This study aims to investigate any change in how couples formed during the pandemic got to know the partner and experienced sexuality, including factors that could have influenced those changes in comparison with a pre-pandemic period. Particularly, focus groups (N = 26 women) were conducted and an online questionnaire (N = 120; 41 men and 79 women) was administered. Given the exploratory qualitative nature of the present research, no specific hypothesis was tested. Most of the sample reported an increase in sexual desire, sexual frequency, and quality of intercourse, perceiving an early development of intimacy. The results highlight the lack of stress and fear of contagion. The intense state of euphoria, typical of the initial phase of the relationship, has perhaps allowed the couples to overcome the obstacles due to the restrictions. This study underlines the role of being in love in the survival of the species, as it allows for the creation of steady relationships even in moments of danger.

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confidence: 91%

The sexuality of couples formed during the pandemic: An exploratory study

Filisetti

Tortora²,

Paruta³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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“…Further, parents reported a more conflictual atmosphere and unbalanced needs when asked about changes in their couple or family dynamics due to the pandemic. In another study, mothers and fathers showed more global distress and more difficulties with problem-solving communication compared to childless couples during the first rigorous lockdown in Belgium [70]. It should be mentioned that there are also contrary results indicating that parental relationships benefited during the pandemic [71] and that the presence of children might have buffered the pandemic-related decrease in relationship quality [15].…”

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Relationship satisfaction and family routines of young parents before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent growth curve analysis

Weise,

Güttner,

Staudt

et al. 2024

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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents had to reorganize their family routines under many external stressors (e.g., limited external childcare), which could have negatively affected their relationship satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the changes in relationship satisfaction of young parents from pre-pandemic times up to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in December 2020 and whether these changes were different for mothers and fathers. Additionally, the role of perceived pandemic-related stress and changes in family routines was investigated. Data from 564 participants from DREAMCORONA, a sub-study of the prospective longitudinal cohort study “Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health” (DREAM), were analyzed. Relationship satisfaction was assessed at three measurement points (T0: pre-pandemic, i.e., August 2018–March 2020; T1: May–June 2020; T2: October–December 2020). To estimate changes in relationship satisfaction over time, Latent Growth Curve Models were calculated. Changes in family routines (i.e., changes in the division of housework and childcare from T0 to T1 as well as the availability of external childcare facilities at T1) and perceived pandemic-related stress at T1 were used as predictors. The models were adjusted for education and number of children per household. There was no significant change in relationship satisfaction over time, with no differences between mothers and fathers. The multi-group model revealed that changes in the division of housework and childcare predicted changes in relationship satisfaction in mothers, but not in fathers. For mothers, doing more housework than before the pandemic was negatively associated with changes in their relationship satisfaction over time. Additionally, reporting that their partner did more childcare than before the pandemic was positively associated with the relationship satisfaction of mothers. Our results indicate no general negative prospective association between the COVID-19 pandemic and parental relationship satisfaction over time. Nevertheless, our findings highlight the importance of the division of housework and childcare for mothers’ relationship satisfaction and how pandemic-related changes in family routines alter this association.

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