Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19 | Zendy

Cassandra Alexopoulos | Zendy; Elisabeth Timmermans | Zendy; Liesel L. Sharabi | Zendy; David J. Roaché | Zendy; Alyssa Croft | Zendy; Elizabeth Dorrance Hall | Zendy; Laurie JamesHawkins | Zendy; Veronica M. Lamarche | Zendy; Maximiliane Uhlich | Zendy

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Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19

Author(s) -

Cassandra Alexopoulos,

Elisabeth Timmermans,

Liesel L. Sharabi,

David J. Roaché,

Alyssa Croft,

Elizabeth Dorrance Hall,

Laurie JamesHawkins,

Veronica M. Lamarche,

Maximiliane Uhlich

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of social and personal relationships

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.251

H-Index - 84

eISSN - 1460-3608

pISSN - 0265-4075

DOI - 10.1177/02654075211011527

Subject(s) - psychology , attractiveness , physical attractiveness , covid-19 , social psychology , medicine , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychoanalysis

The goal of this study was to explore the positive association between concern related to COVID-19 and single individuals’ perceived changes to their partner preferences. In addition, we investigated the mediating role of fear of being single. Results indicated that people with greater COVID-19 concern perceived an increase in the importance of stability, family commitment, and physical/social attractiveness, as well as fear of being single. Fear of being single only negatively predicted the importance of physical/social attractiveness, whereas it positively predicted the importance of stability and family commitment. Thus, in most cases, people with a greater concern for COVID-19 perceived themselves to become more selective, even when they exhibit higher levels of fear of being single.

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