Media attention has highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic's negative effects on romantic
relationships (eg, increased partner aggression). The current mixed-method study also …

With the onset of COVID-19, governments around much of the world implemented strict
social distancing and stay-at-home orders that profoundly affected the amount of time many …

The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected nearly every area of daily life, including romantic
relationships. With the pandemic still ongoing, this study reviewed the existing scholarly …

The COVID-19 pandemic has touched many aspects of people's lives around the world,
including their romantic relationships. While media outlets have reported that the pandemic …

Little is known about how positive relationship quality (PRQ) and negative relationship
quality (NRQ) changed in the context of romantic relationships during the early phases of the …

This study examined the extent to which relationship quality affects variability in perceived
stress and other emotional difficulties associated with the pandemic. The study was …

The COVID-19 outbreak represented a particularly stressful event that put a strain on social
and interpersonal relationships (Xiong et al., 2020). Both the first lockdown and the …

Stress tends to be negatively associated with romantic relationship quality, but shared stress
can bond romantic partners and may actually have a positive effect on relationships. Thus …

This article serves as the conclusion of the special issue entitled “Relationships in the time of
COVID-19: Examining the effects of the global pandemic on personal relationships.” The …

Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological
distress associated with the “new normal”—social distancing, financial hardships, and …