COVID-related stress affects people’s sex lives, studies find

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New research, led by Texas State University’s Rhona Balzarini, found that COVID-related stress factors have had a major negative impact on sexual desire around the world.

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As people around the world hunkered down and spent way more time at home than usual during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many predicted there would be a baby boom — but that anticipated spike did not happen. In the first of two studies, researchers surveyed a group of more than 1,300 volunteers who were in relationships and engaged in social isolation together — nearly 70% were women and they were in their mid-30′s on average.Researchers found that stress resulted in a lower desire for sex. People who reported feelings of loneliness and COVID-related worry initially reported higher sexual desire for their partner, but that decreased over time as those emotions persisted.

 

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