Romantic relationships remained surprisingly stable during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

Despite the stress caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, people’s satisfaction with their romantic relationships changed little during the early stages of the pandemic, according to new research published in Psychological Science. “Much of my research focuses on the effect of stress on couple relationships, so when it became clear that the pandemic was going to have a huge impact on people around the world I was of course interested in what it would do to our closest relationships,” said study author Hannah Williamson, an assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin. “Th...