在COVID-19期间不安全的依恋和寻求支持:一个连续的混合方法调查调查
Rachel R R Francois-Walcott1, Rhia E Perks2, Laura M Vowels3
1School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Attachment & human development
|May 5, 2024
概括
在COVID-19期间,寻求关系支持的情况有所变化. 依恋风格和担忧影响了合作伙伴寻求帮助的方式,揭示了独特的流行关系动态.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 健康 行为 健康行为
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,夫妻的关系越来越紧张,对伴侣的支持越来越依赖.
- 社会距离限制了外部支持网络,加剧了对夫妇内部动态的关注.
- 了解在这个时期寻求关系支持对于关系科学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查浪漫伴侣在COVID-19大流行期间如何寻求彼此的支持.
- 探索依恋方式和与流行病相关的担忧对寻求支持行为的影响.
- 在流行病条件下寻求关系支持时识别不同的模式和主题.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种连续的混合方法设计,整合了定性和定量方法.
- 定性阶段:半结构面试 (n=48) 探讨了直接/间接寻求支持,独立性和性别动态等主题.
- 定量阶段:一项调查 (n=588) 评估了COVID-19的担忧,依恋焦虑/回避以及寻求支持的频率.
主要成果:
- 定性研究结果揭示了各种寻求支持的策略和影响因素,包括依恋.
- 定量分析将更高的COVID-19担忧,依恋焦虑和较低的回避与增加的寻求支持联系起来.
- 一个值得注意的互动表明,当COVID-19的担忧很高时,高度避免依恋与更多寻求支持有关.
结论:
- COVID-19 流行病对个人在浪漫关系中寻求支持的方式产生了重大影响.
- 附着方式和高度的担忧是危机期间寻求关系支持行为的关键预测因素.
- 研究结果提供了关于在前所未有的全球事件期间的关系弹性和适应能力的独特见解.
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