Rapelli Giada, Lopez Giulia, Donato Silvia, Pagani Ariela Francesca, Parise Miriam, Bertoni Anna, Iafrate Raffaella
Department of Psychology, Family Studies and Research University Centre, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2020 Dec 11;11:567522. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567522. eCollection 2020.
The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The sudden outbreak of this new virus and the measure of lockdown adopted to contain the epidemic have profoundly changed the lifestyles of the Italian population, with an impact on people's quality of life and on their social relationships. In particular, due to forced and prolonged cohabitation, couples may be subject to specific stressors during the epidemic. In addition, living with a chronic health condition may add specific challenges to the ones posed by the epidemic itself. The present cross-sectional study aimed to provide a picture of the challenges as well as the resources for both individual and relational well-being of Italian individuals in a couple relationship ( = 1921), with a specific attention to the comparison between individuals living with and without a chronic disease. Results showed that people with a chronic disease had lower psychological well-being and more fears and worries about the COVID-19. People with a chronic disease perceived fewer resources than healthy people. Moreover, the challenges are shown to be associated with less psychological well-being and high pessimism about the future. Instead individual, relational, and social resources play a protective role during the pandemic for both healthy and chronically ill people.
新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）已被世界卫生组织（WHO）宣布为全球大流行病。这种新病毒的突然爆发以及为控制疫情而采取的封锁措施深刻改变了意大利民众的生活方式，对人们的生活质量及其社会关系产生了影响。特别是，由于被迫长期共同居住，夫妻在疫情期间可能会面临特定的压力源。此外，患有慢性健康问题可能会给疫情本身带来的挑战增添特殊困难。本横断面研究旨在描绘处于伴侣关系中的意大利个体（= 1921）在个人和关系幸福方面所面临的挑战以及拥有的资源，特别关注患有和未患有慢性病的个体之间的比较。结果显示，患有慢性病的人心理健康状况较差，对COVID-19的恐惧和担忧更多。患有慢性病的人比健康人感受到的资源更少。此外，这些挑战与较低的心理健康水平以及对未来的高度悲观情绪相关。相反，个人、关系和社会资源在疫情期间对健康人和慢性病患者都起到了保护作用。
