Mental health and relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorBiddle, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Ben
dc.contributor.authorGray, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorSollis, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-27T05:40:10Z
dc.date.available2020-10-27T05:40:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-08
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between mental health outcomes and relationship quality during the COVID-19 period. We find that after a significant worsening in mental health outcomes between February 2017 and April 2020, there was strong evidence for improvements between April and May and weaker evidence for a further improvement between May and the end of June/start of July. However, for those Australians under the age of 45, psychological distress is still at a higher level than it was prior to the spread of COVID-19. We find that a number of people have reported negative changes to their subjective circumstances. Only 22.5 per cent of the population are estimated to have not experienced any of the negative changes during the COVID-19 period from our dataset compared to 51.6 per cent who reported no improvements in the same measures. The majority of respondents reported no change in relationship quality, and for those who did report a change, there was a net improvement. We find a very strong relationship between self-reported changes in outcomes and psychological distress, with a particularly strong relationship between changes in stress, loneliness and relationships and mental health outcomes.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/213189
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherThe Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.rights© 2020 ANU Centre for Social Research and Methodsen_AU
dc.source.urihttps://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/research/publications/mental-health-and-relationships-during-covid-19-pandemicen_AU
dc.titleMental health and relationships during the COVID-19 pandemicen_AU
dc.typeReport (Research)en_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage28en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBiddle, N., ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationEdwards, B., ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGray, M., ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSollis, K., ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailnicholas.biddle@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu3388699en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1095328xPUB112
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1005913en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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