The Impact of Loosening COVID-19 Restrictions and Live-in Partner Status on Sexual and Mental Health in a Canadian Sample.

COVID-19 COVID-19 related stress dyadic sexual behavior dyadic sexual desire partner status relationship satisfaction

Journal

International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health
ISSN: 1931-762X
Titre abrégé: Int J Sex Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101312593

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
medline: 12 1 2023
pubmed: 12 1 2023
entrez: 10 4 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We examined changes in frequency of sexual behaviors, dyadic sexual desire, relationship satisfaction, and COVID-19 stress in Canadians across the pandemic, considering partner status. Participants completed online questionnaires. Participants with live-in partners and single participants decreased in dyadic sexual behaviors. In August-September 2020, participants with live-in partners engaged in more dyadic sexual behaviors than single participants. In November 2021, all partnered participants engaged in more dyadic sexual behaviors than single participants. Decreases in COVID-19 stress were observed. Findings suggest that despite decreases in COVID-19 stress, there may be long-lasting pandemic impacts on sexual behaviors.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38596767
doi: 10.1080/19317611.2022.2163446
pii: 2163446
pmc: PMC10903576
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

139-151

Informations de copyright

© 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Auteurs

Jia Yu Zhang (JY)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Faith Jabs (F)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Natalie B Brown (NB)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Sonia Milani (S)

Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Lori A Brotto (LA)

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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