Mehulić Jasmina, Kamenov Željka
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 1;12:631615. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631615. eCollection 2021.
The ongoing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents an acute stressor affecting mental health. In these stressful times, intimate relationships functioning could serve as a protective or a risk factor to the well-being of partners. Adult Croatian citizens engaged in intimate relationships ( = 727) reported their relationship characteristics and assessed symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress during the state lockdown in May 2020. Three relationship profiles based on variations in key relationship characteristics were identified using latent profile analysis. Profiles represented distinct relationship types described as affectionate, ambivalent, and antagonistic relationships. These relationship types differed in their levels of love and perception of humility, responsiveness, and behavior of the partner. Relationship type was associated with mental health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and state lockdown. Being in an affectionate relationship was associated with the lowest levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, while in an antagonistic relationship these are in the highest levels. Ambivalent relationships were characterized by moderate levels on all measured mental health indicators with no difference in anxiety compared with affectionate relationships. The results emphasized the link between relationship functioning and successful coping with mental health hazards such as the fear of disease or restrictive measures put in place to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
持续的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行是一种影响心理健康的急性应激源。在这些压力重重的时期，亲密关系的状况可能对伴侣的幸福起到保护作用或成为一个风险因素。参与亲密关系的成年克罗地亚公民（ = 727）报告了他们的关系特征，并评估了2020年5月国家封锁期间的抑郁、焦虑和压力症状。使用潜在类别分析确定了基于关键关系特征变化的三种关系概况。这些概况代表了不同的关系类型，分别被描述为深情关系、矛盾关系和敌对关系。这些关系类型在爱、对伴侣谦逊、反应性和行为的认知程度上有所不同。在COVID-19大流行和国家封锁期间，关系类型与抑郁、焦虑和压力等心理健康症状相关。处于深情关系中与最低水平的抑郁、焦虑和压力相关，而处于敌对关系中这些症状处于最高水平。矛盾关系的特点是在所有测量的心理健康指标上处于中等水平，与深情关系相比焦虑水平没有差异。结果强调了关系状况与成功应对心理健康危害（如对疾病的恐惧或为遏制COVID-19大流行而采取的限制措施）之间的联系。
