Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study

JM Groarke, E Berry, L Graham-Wisener… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Loneliness is a significant public health issue. The COVID-19 pandemic has
resulted in lockdown measures limiting social contact. The UK public are worried about the …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health

E Long, S Patterson, K Maxwell, C Blake… - J Epidemiol …, 2022 - jech.bmj.com
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-
19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together …

Romantic relationship conflict due to the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in intimate and sexual behaviors in a nationally representative sample of American adults

M Luetke, D Hensel, D Herbenick… - Journal of sex & marital …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In early 2020, the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) spread across the United States and
mitigation measures drastically affected the daily lives of Americans. In this study, we …

The psychiatric sequelae of the COVID‐19 pandemic in adolescents, adults, and health care workers

S Murata, T Rezeppa, B Thoma… - Depression and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic is the most serious global public health crisis since
the 1918 influenza pandemic. This study is the first to assess its mental health impact across …

COVID-19 and UK family carers: policy implications

J Onwumere, C Creswell, G Livingston… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Informal (unpaid) carers are an integral part of all societies and the health and social care
systems in the UK depend on them. Despite the valuable contributions and key worker …

Changes in social relationships during an initial “stay-at-home” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey study in the US

LM Philpot, P Ramar, DL Roellinger, BA Barry… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2), the virus that
causes COVID-19, and consequent social distancing directives have been observed to …

Explaining the rise and fall of psychological distress during the COVID‐19 crisis in the United States: Longitudinal evidence from the Understanding America Study

E Robinson, M Daly - British journal of health psychology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives It has been shown that psychological distress rose rapidly as the COVID‐19
pandemic emerged and then recovered to pre‐crisis levels as social lockdown restrictions …

COVID-19 student stress questionnaire: development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate students' stressors related to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown

MC Zurlo, MF Cattaneo Della Volta… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Clinical observations suggest that during times of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown university
students exhibit stress-related responses to fear of contagion and to limitations of personal …

Sexual health during COVID-19: a scoping review

NE Toldam, C Graugaard, R Meyer… - Sexual medicine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic impacted profoundly on the wellbeing and social
interactions of the world population, and all dimensions of sexual health were potentially …

Pet ownership and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

CE Amiot, C Gagné, B Bastian - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The question of pet ownership contributing to human well-being has received mixed
empirical evidence. This contrasts with the lay intuition that pet ownership contributes …