Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries

Ashley K. Randall; Leon Gabriel; Emanuele Basili; Tamás Martos; Michael  Boiger; Michaela Baldi; Lauren Hocker; Kai Kline; Alessio  Masturzi; Richmond Aryeetey; Susan Boon; Luis Botella; Tom  Burke; Katherine B. Carnelley; Alan Carr; Arobindu Dash; Mimi Fitriana; Stanley O. Gaines; Sarah Galdiolo; Claire M.  Hart; Susanna Joo; Barani Kanth; Evangelos C. Karademas; Gery Karantzas; Selina A. Landolt; Louise McHugh; Anne Milek; Eddie Murphy; Jean C.  Natividade; Alda Portugal; Álvaro Quiñones; Ana P.  Relvas; Pingkan C Rumondor; Petruta  Rusu; Viola Sallay; Luis Angel Saul; David P. Schmitt; Laura Sels; Sultan Shujja; Laura K. Taylor; Sinica B. Ucok; Lesley Verhofstadt; Gyesook Yoo; Martina Zemp; Silvia Donato; Casey Totenhagen; Rahel Lea Van Eickels; Emmanuel Anongeba  Anaba; Sarah Beauchemin-Roy; Anna Berry; Audrey Brassard; Susan Chesterman; Lizzie Ferguson; Gabriela Fonseca; Justine Gauge; Marie Geonet; Neele Hermesch; Laura Knox; Marie-France Lafontaine; Nicholas Lawless; Amanda Londero-Santos; Sofia Major; Tiago Azevedo  Marot; Ellie Mullins; Pauldy C. J. Otermans; Ariela F. Pagani; Miriam Parise; Roksana Parvin; Mallika De; Katherine Peloquin; Bárbara Rebelo; Francesca Righetti; Daniel Romano; Sara Salavati; Steven Samrock; Mary E. Serea; Chua Bee Seok; Luciana Sotero; Owen Stafford; Christoforos Thomadakis; Cigdem Topcu-Uzer; Carla Ugarte; Low Wah Yun; Petra Simon-Zámbori; Ching Sin  Siau; Diana-Sînziana Duca; Cornelia Filip; Hayoung Park; Sinead Wearen; Guy Bodenmann; Claudia Chiarolanza

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Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries

Ashley K. Randall (Corresponding author), Leon Gabriel, Emanuele Basili, Tamás Martos, Michael Boiger, Michaela Baldi, Lauren Hocker, Kai Kline, Alessio Masturzi, Richmond Aryeetey, Susan Boon, Luis Botella, Tom Burke, Katherine B. Carnelley, Alan Carr, Arobindu Dash, Mimi Fitriana, Stanley O. Gaines, Sarah Galdiolo, Claire M. HartSusanna Joo, Barani Kanth, Evangelos C. Karademas, Gery Karantzas, Selina A. Landolt, Louise McHugh, Anne Milek, Eddie Murphy, Jean C. Natividade, Alda Portugal, Álvaro Quiñones, Ana P. Relvas, Pingkan C Rumondor, Petruta Rusu, Viola Sallay, Luis Angel Saul, David P. Schmitt, Laura Sels, Sultan Shujja, Laura K. Taylor, Sinica B. Ucok, Lesley Verhofstadt, Gyesook Yoo, Martina Zemp, Silvia Donato, Casey Totenhagen, Rahel Lea Van Eickels, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Sarah Beauchemin-Roy, Anna Berry, Audrey Brassard, Susan Chesterman, Lizzie Ferguson, Gabriela Fonseca, Justine Gauge, Marie Geonet, Neele Hermesch, Laura Knox, Marie-France Lafontaine, Nicholas Lawless, Amanda Londero-Santos, Sofia Major, Tiago Azevedo Marot, Ellie Mullins, Pauldy C. J. Otermans, Ariela F. Pagani, Miriam Parise, Roksana Parvin, Mallika De, Katherine Peloquin, Bárbara Rebelo, Francesca Righetti, Daniel Romano, Sara Salavati, Steven Samrock, Mary E. Serea, Chua Bee Seok, Luciana Sotero, Owen Stafford, Christoforos Thomadakis, Cigdem Topcu-Uzer, Carla Ugarte, Low Wah Yun, Petra Simon-Zámbori, Ching Sin Siau, Diana-Sînziana Duca, Cornelia Filip, Hayoung Park, Sinead Wearen, Guy Bodenmann, Claudia Chiarolanza

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Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator between experiences of COVID-19 psychological distress and relationship quality. To examine these associations, self-report data from 14,020 people across 27 countries were collected during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-July, 2020). It was hypothesized that higher symptoms of psychological distress would be reported post-COVID-19 compared to pre-COVID-19 restrictions (Hypothesis 1), reports of post-COVID-19 psychological distress would be negatively associated with relationship quality (Hypothesis 2), and perceived partner DC would moderate these associations (Hypothesis 3). While hypotheses were generally supported, results also showed interesting between-country variability. Limitations and future directions are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-33
Number of pages	31
Journal	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Volume	39
Issue number	1
Early online date	26 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211034236
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2022

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

501010 Clinical psychology

Keywords

Covid-19
cross-cultural
Stress
Relationship Quality
Dyadic Coping
COVID-19
distress
dyadic coping
multination
relationship quality
STRESS

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Randall, A. K., Gabriel, L., Basili, E., Martos, T., Boiger, M., Baldi, M., Hocker, L., Kline, K., Masturzi, A., Aryeetey, R., Boon, S., Botella, L., Burke, T., Carnelley, K. B., Carr, A., Dash, A., Fitriana, M., Gaines, S. O., Galdiolo, S., ... Chiarolanza, C. (2022). Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(1), 3-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211034236

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Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. / Randall, Ashley K. (Corresponding author); Gabriel, Leon; Basili, Emanuele et al.
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