James Spencer, Ben Brik Anis, Jorgensen-Wells McKell, Esteinou Rosario, Acero Iván Darío Moreno, Mesurado Belén, Debeljuh Patricia, Orellana Olivia Nuñez
School of Family Life Brigham Young University Provo Utah United States.
College of Public Policy Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha Ad Dawhah Qatar.
Fam Relat. 2022 May 30. doi: 10.1111/fare.12705.
We examined how relationship satisfaction changed during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as how relationship satisfaction related to public policy support.
Conservation of resources (COR) theory suggests that societal-level stressors (such as a global pandemic) threaten familial and individual resources, straining couple relationships. Relationship satisfaction is in turn linked with important individual, familial, and societal outcomes, necessitating research on how COVID-19 impacted this facet of relationships.
Drawing from an international project on COVID-19 and family life, participants included 734 married and cohabiting American parents of children under 18 years of age.
Findings revealed relationship satisfaction declined moderately compared to retrospective reports of relationship satisfaction prior to the pandemic. This decline was more precipitous for White individuals, women, parents less involved in their children's lives, and those reporting higher levels of depressive symptoms. We also found that higher relationship satisfaction was associated with higher levels of support for family policy, particularly for men. At higher levels of relationship satisfaction, men and women had similarly high levels of support for family policy, while at lower levels, women's support for family policy was significantly higher.
The COVID-19 pandemic likely amplified facets of social inequality, which is especially concerning when considering the large socioeconomic gaps prior to the pandemic.
Therapists, researchers, and policy makers should examine how relationship satisfaction may have changed during the pandemic because relationship satisfaction is linked to child and adult well-being and relationship dissolution. Further, the link between relationship satisfaction and support for family policy deserves further scrutiny.
我们研究了在冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间关系满意度是如何变化的，以及关系满意度与对公共政策的支持之间的关系。
资源守恒（COR）理论表明，社会层面的压力源（如全球大流行）会威胁家庭和个人资源，使夫妻关系紧张。关系满意度反过来又与重要的个人、家庭和社会结果相关联，因此有必要研究COVID-19如何影响关系的这一方面。
基于一项关于COVID-19与家庭生活的国际项目，参与者包括734名18岁以下子女的美国已婚和同居父母。
研究结果显示，与大流行前关系满意度的回顾性报告相比，关系满意度适度下降。对于白人、女性、较少参与孩子生活的父母以及报告抑郁症状水平较高的人来说，这种下降更为明显。我们还发现，较高的关系满意度与对家庭政策的较高支持水平相关，尤其是对男性而言。在关系满意度较高时，男性和女性对家庭政策的支持水平相似，而在较低水平时，女性对家庭政策的支持明显更高。
COVID-19大流行可能加剧了社会不平等的各个方面，考虑到大流行之前存在巨大的社会经济差距，这尤其令人担忧。
治疗师、研究人员和政策制定者应研究在大流行期间关系满意度可能发生了怎样的变化，因为关系满意度与儿童和成人的幸福感以及关系破裂有关。此外，关系满意度与对家庭政策支持之间的联系值得进一步审视。
