Intimate Relationships during COVID-19 across the Genders: An Examination of the Interactions of Digital Dating, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. COVID-19 and Its Implications for Intimate Relationships
1.2. Aims
2. Materials and Methods
3. Discussion
3.1. Gender-Diverse Communities
3.1.1. Women
3.1.2. LGBTQI+
3.1.3. Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
3.2. Intimate Partner Violence and Conflict
3.3. Race, Gendered Minorities, Transgenerational Traumas, and Intimate Relationships
3.4. Perspectives from Historical Health Pandemics May Inform Psycho-Social Behaviour Post-Lockdown
3.5. Online Dating
3.5.1. Self-Presentation and Deception
3.5.2. The Association of STDs with Dating Apps and Behavior
3.5.3. Heart-Breaking Scams
3.5.4. Unwarranted Sexual Attention
4. Clinical Implications
4.1. Attachment Theory
Attachment Theory and Relationship Well-Being in a Global Health Crisis
4.2. Correlated Health Risks and Substantiating Comorbidity
5. Limitations
6. Future Directions
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
1 | A ‘catfisher’ or ‘catfish perpetrator’ is someone who fabricates a fake persona or virtual identity with negative intent to deceive, commit identity theft, or harm their victims (whether individually targeted or not). |
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Ting, A.E.; McLachlan, C.S. Intimate Relationships during COVID-19 across the Genders: An Examination of the Interactions of Digital Dating, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health. Soc. Sci. 2022, 11, 297. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070297
Ting AE, McLachlan CS. Intimate Relationships during COVID-19 across the Genders: An Examination of the Interactions of Digital Dating, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health. Social Sciences. 2022; 11(7):297. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070297
Chicago/Turabian StyleTing, Amanda Evangeline, and Craig Steven McLachlan. 2022. "Intimate Relationships during COVID-19 across the Genders: An Examination of the Interactions of Digital Dating, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health" Social Sciences 11, no. 7: 297. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070297
APA StyleTing, A. E., & McLachlan, C. S. (2022). Intimate Relationships during COVID-19 across the Genders: An Examination of the Interactions of Digital Dating, Sexual Behavior, and Mental Health. Social Sciences, 11(7), 297. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070297