Siegel Alana, Dekel Rachel
Faculty of Humanities Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel.
School of Social Work Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel.
J Marriage Fam. 2022 Jun;84(3):900-919. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12831. Epub 2022 Mar 10.
This qualitative study's aim was to learn how the spouses and romantic partners of frontline doctors and nurses dealt with the acute stress of the outbreak; the kinds of support they provided when the frontliners had to navigate COVID-19 at their hospitals; and, according to their perceptions, how this crisis impacted their relationship.
This study focused on the partners of frontliners working in hospitals during the crisis of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City (NYC)-one of the earliest epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. This study expanded upon the Family Stress Model-which examines how economic problems can affect marital quality and stability.
Interviews were conducted with 29 partners of frontliners who had been treating COVID-19 patients in NYC hospitals during the pandemic outbreak from February 29 to June 1, 2020. Partners were recruited via snowball sampling, interviewed via Zoom or telephone, and results were analyzed using thematic content analysis.
The following themes were found in the narratives: The burden of running the home independently; providing various kinds of support (concrete, emotional, and refraining from sexual and physical closeness); and the effects of the pandemic on the relationship via writing a will and discussing the possibility of death, the lack of relationship-ending threats, and emerging from the crisis with a strengthened relationship.
The pandemic crisis unified the partners and frontliners, even in the face of multiple stressors.
这项定性研究的目的是了解一线医生和护士的配偶及浪漫伴侣如何应对疫情爆发带来的急性压力；当一线医护人员在医院应对新冠疫情时，他们提供的支持类型；以及根据他们的认知，这场危机如何影响他们的关系。
本研究聚焦于纽约市（NYC）新冠疫情危机期间在医院工作的一线医护人员的伴侣，纽约市是美国新冠疫情最早的中心之一。本研究扩展了家庭压力模型，该模型探讨经济问题如何影响婚姻质量和稳定性。
对29名一线医护人员的伴侣进行了访谈，这些伴侣在2020年2月29日至6月1日疫情爆发期间在纽约市医院治疗新冠患者。通过滚雪球抽样招募伴侣，通过Zoom或电话进行访谈，并使用主题内容分析法分析结果。
在叙述中发现了以下主题：独立操持家庭的负担；提供各种支持（具体支持、情感支持以及避免性亲密和身体亲密）；疫情通过立遗嘱和讨论死亡可能性对关系产生的影响、不存在关系终结的威胁以及危机过后关系更加稳固。
即使面对多重压力源，疫情危机也使伴侣和一线医护人员团结在一起。
