Marital Distress and Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.016How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- COVID-19 Pandemic, Marital Distress, Marital Satisfaction
- Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic brings tremendous impact on families, particularly on marital relationship. This paper reported findings on systematic review concerning the stressor and psychological problem encountered by married couples. We search in the Google Scholar database using the following keywords “marital satisfaction” and pandemic. We selected articles that met the inclusion criteria: original article, written in English, and full- text available. From six articles that had been reviewed, we found out that either husband or wife are prone to domestic violence, working from home increase marital conflict because couples spend more time together every day and begin to know each other which often led to conflict. Fear of COVID-19 transmission influence sexual relationships and intimacy which subsequently reduce marital satisfaction. Marital distress and marital dissatisfaction were higher in couples who thoughts their spouses were irresponsive to their situation as marital conflict increased. Couples who believed that their spouses were responsive to their situation reported less marital distress and conflict and higher marital satisfaction. We conclude that during the COVID-19 pandemic, marriages are at risk and need psychoeducation supports designed for couples, particularly to improve their marital adjustment and communication, emotion regulation, managing conflict, problem solving, and building intimacy during crisis.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ignasia Epifani AU - Shinta Wisyaningrum AU - Annastasia Ediati PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/24 TI - Marital Distress and Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Psychological Studies (ICPSYCHE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 109 EP - 115 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210423.016 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.016 ID - Epifani2021 ER -