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Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the well-being of people worldwide; however, there has been limited research examining ways in which the pandemic has created changes in relationship quality among young sexual minority men. We analyzed data from a sample of 150 young sexual minority men, aged 15–2...

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Autores principales: Gamarel, Kristi E., Washington, Catherine, Rosso, Matthew T., Darbes, Lynae A., Claude, Kristina Felder, Hightow-Weidman, Lisa, Sullivan, Patrick, Stephenson, Rob
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Publicado: Springer US 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35670886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02254-8
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author Gamarel, Kristi E.
Washington, Catherine
Rosso, Matthew T.
Darbes, Lynae A.
Claude, Kristina Felder
Hightow-Weidman, Lisa
Sullivan, Patrick
Stephenson, Rob
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Washington, Catherine
Rosso, Matthew T.
Darbes, Lynae A.
Claude, Kristina Felder
Hightow-Weidman, Lisa
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the well-being of people worldwide; however, there has been limited research examining ways in which the pandemic has created changes in relationship quality among young sexual minority men. We analyzed data from a sample of 150 young sexual minority men, aged 15–24 years. In total, 25% reported their relationship quality decreased during the pandemic, 47% reported no change, and 28% reported increased relationship quality due to COVID-19. In multinomial models, intimate partner violence, lower commitment, and spending less time with a partner due to COVID-19 were associated with decreased relationship quality during the pandemic compared to those who reported no change or increased relationship quality due to the pandemic. More efforts are needed to understand and address the impact of COVID-19 on the romantic relationships of young sexual minority men. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10508-021-02254-8.
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spelling pubmed-91726072022-06-08 Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships Gamarel, Kristi E. Washington, Catherine Rosso, Matthew T. Darbes, Lynae A. Claude, Kristina Felder Hightow-Weidman, Lisa Sullivan, Patrick Stephenson, Rob Arch Sex Behav Original Paper The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the well-being of people worldwide; however, there has been limited research examining ways in which the pandemic has created changes in relationship quality among young sexual minority men. We analyzed data from a sample of 150 young sexual minority men, aged 15–24 years. In total, 25% reported their relationship quality decreased during the pandemic, 47% reported no change, and 28% reported increased relationship quality due to COVID-19. In multinomial models, intimate partner violence, lower commitment, and spending less time with a partner due to COVID-19 were associated with decreased relationship quality during the pandemic compared to those who reported no change or increased relationship quality due to the pandemic. More efforts are needed to understand and address the impact of COVID-19 on the romantic relationships of young sexual minority men. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10508-021-02254-8. Springer US 2022-06-07 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9172607/ /pubmed/35670886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02254-8 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Sullivan, Patrick
Stephenson, Rob
Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships
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title_fullStr Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships
title_full_unstemmed Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships
title_short Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships
title_sort perceptions of relationship quality before and during covid-19 pandemic among young sexual minority men in romantic relationships
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9172607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35670886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02254-8
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