Vigl Julia, Strauß Hannah, Talamini Francesca, Zentner Marcel
Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
J Pers. 2025 Apr;93(2):259-274. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12928. Epub 2024 Mar 19.
Previous research on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on romantic relationships has mainly concentrated on short-term effects and average trends of change. This study aimed to explore different trajectories of relationship and sexual satisfaction from April 2020 to March 2022.
Including a cross-national sample of 2859 individuals, a latent class approach was applied to identify subgroups of sexual and relationship satisfaction trajectories. Participants' satisfaction levels, attachment style, psychological symptoms, life satisfaction, and living arrangements were taken into account.
Three latent classes were identified for both relationship and sexual satisfaction: (1) a group with high satisfaction levels but a slightly declining trajectory, (2) a group with low satisfaction levels but an ascending trajectory, and (3) a fluctuating group. Living apart, having children, psychological symptoms, low life satisfaction, and avoidant attachment characterized the two groups with low or fluctuating trajectories.
The findings suggest that there were different trajectories of relationship and sexual satisfaction during the pandemic, which can be predicted by individual dispositions. Even 2 years after the pandemic, its effects had not disappeared.
先前关于新冠疫情对恋爱关系影响的研究主要集中在短期影响和变化的平均趋势上。本研究旨在探讨2020年4月至2022年3月期间恋爱关系和性满意度的不同轨迹。
纳入2859名个体的跨国样本，采用潜在类别分析法来识别性满意度和恋爱关系满意度轨迹的亚组。研究考虑了参与者的满意度水平、依恋风格、心理症状、生活满意度和居住安排。
恋爱关系满意度和性满意度均识别出三个潜在类别：（1）满意度高但呈轻微下降轨迹的一组；（2）满意度低但呈上升轨迹的一组；（3）波动组。轨迹低或波动的两组的特征是分居、育有子女、心理症状、生活满意度低和回避型依恋。
研究结果表明，疫情期间恋爱关系和性满意度存在不同轨迹，这些轨迹可由个体性格预测。即使在疫情两年后，其影响仍未消失。
