Romantic Relationships and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Austria: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.

COVID-19 family structure mental health relationship commitment relationship satisfaction romantic relationship

Journal

Frontiers in psychology

ISSN: 1664-1078

Titre abrégé: Front Psychol

Pays: Switzerland

ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022

Historique:

received: 18 01 2022

accepted: 05 04 2022

entrez: 16 5 2022

pubmed: 17 5 2022

medline: 17 5 2022

Statut: epublish

Résumé

Previous studies suggest that romantic relationships can be beneficial to mental health, but may also be a major stressor depending on specific relationship characteristics. Studies examining the role of romantic relationship in mental health are scarce. This study aimed to investigate differences in mental health with regards to relationship characteristics. We assessed individuals' mental health, i.e., suicidal ideation (via Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation, BSS), depression (via Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9), anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS), experience of psychological and physical violence, including changes in suicidal ideation and anxiety compared to before the pandemic, and relationship characteristics (i.e., relationship status, satisfaction, and commitment as well as family structure) with online questionnaires in a population-based cross-sectional study with 3,012 respondents in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were small to medium-sized group differences with regards to relationship status and satisfaction (η During the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to singles, mental health appeared worse in individuals with low relationship satisfaction and those in a relationship with low commitment and with a child in the household. Living in a happy relationship was associated with somewhat better mental health.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED

Methods UNASSIGNED

We assessed individuals' mental health, i.e., suicidal ideation (via Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation, BSS), depression (via Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9), anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS), experience of psychological and physical violence, including changes in suicidal ideation and anxiety compared to before the pandemic, and relationship characteristics (i.e., relationship status, satisfaction, and commitment as well as family structure) with online questionnaires in a population-based cross-sectional study with 3,012 respondents in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results UNASSIGNED

There were small to medium-sized group differences with regards to relationship status and satisfaction (η

Conclusion UNASSIGNED

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to singles, mental health appeared worse in individuals with low relationship satisfaction and those in a relationship with low commitment and with a child in the household. Living in a happy relationship was associated with somewhat better mental health.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.857329 PMID: 35572322 PMC: PMC9093599

pubmed: 35572322

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.857329

pmc: PMC9093599

doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

857329

Informations de copyright

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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