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Love in the time of COVID-19: A systematic mapping review of empirical research on romantic relationships one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Love in the time of COVID-19: A systematic mapping review of empirical research on romantic relationships one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.Family process · 2022Pooled it
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- Wartime Stress and Sexual Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study of Cohabitating Adults in Israel.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Trajectories of relationship and sexual satisfaction over 2 years in the Covid-19 pandemic: A latent class analysis.Journal of personality · 2025Article
- Exploring the factors contributing to parent stress symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: An ABC-X model approach.Family process · 2025Article
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- Exploring Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Relationship Quality as Protective Factors of Mental Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Europe's journal of psychology · 2025Article
- Statistical analysis of the effect of socio-political factors on individual life satisfaction.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Measuring Relationship Influences on Romantic Couples' Cancer-Related Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Longitudinal Online Study of Dyads and Cancer Survivors.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Analysis of losses in physiotherapy students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a phenomenological approach.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- "I want the world back": Pandemic loneliness, bodies, and places.Ethos (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2024Article
- HIV Vulnerabilities Associated with Water Insecurity, Food Insecurity, and Other COVID-19 Impacts Among Urban Refugee Youth in Kampala, Uganda: Multi-method Findings.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Exploring the relationship between loneliness and volunteering amongst Australian adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Changes in Individual and Dyadic Sexual Behavior Frequencies During Wartime in Israel: How Much, Who, and Why?International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
- Resilience Communication Mitigates the Negative Relational Effects of Topic Avoidance: Evidence from Parental Caregiving and COVID-19 Pandemic Contexts.Personal Relationships · 2023Article
- Maintenance in relationships, satisfaction, jealousy, and violence in young couples: a network analysis.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Association between love breakup and suicidal ideation in Peruvian medical students: a cross-sectional study during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every area of daily life, including romantic relationships. With the pandemic still ongoing, this study reviewed the existing scholarly literature to document the status of empirical research on how COVID-19 has affected couples during its first year. Studies were identified through searching five databases as well as sources of gray literature. Overall, 42 studies on committed romantic relationships during the first year of the pandemic were identified. The mapping process revealed four main themes: (1) relationship quality; (2) sexuality; (3) couple daily adjustment; and (4) intimate partner violence. The findings suggest that the way romantic relationships were affected by the pandemic depends on a variety of demographic, individual, and couple-level factors. Implications include a call for both the development of evidence-based interventions that consider the current findings and further research to continue exploring the clinical implications of future findings to promote healthy intimate relationships during the ongoing global pandemic.
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