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Frontiers in Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-18 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1488014

Jessica T Campbell, Amanda N Gesselman, Margaret Bennett-Brown

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导言：在过去十年中，美国的结婚率和生育率都有所下降，人们推迟了这些人生里程碑的到来。COVID-19 大流行使这些趋势进一步复杂化，在扰乱关系形成的同时增加了人们对联系的渴望。本研究通过两项具有全国代表性的横断面调查，研究了在大流行的头两年，人们对婚姻和生育的看法是如何转变的：研究 1（n = 513）于 2021 年 1 月进行，研究 2（n = 1850）于 2022 年 8 月进行，调查了参与者在大流行之前和期间对婚姻和生育重要性的看法。数据通过在线调查收集，并使用线性回归法进行分析，以确定人口统计学差异和态度的转变：2021 年 1 月的研究 1（n = 513）发现，约 29% 的人表示婚姻的重要性下降，近 35% 的人表示生育的重要性下降。女性和收入较高的人表示婚姻的重要性有所提高，而收入较高的人则表示生育的重要性有所提高。2022 年 8 月的第 2 项研究（n = 1850）显示了值得注意的对比。总体而言，与大流行前相比，参与者对婚姻的渴望始终如一。与此相反，参与者对子女的渴望发生了显著变化，与疫情流行前的态度相比，他们更倾向于不生育子女。15.1%的人表示对生孩子的重视程度有所降低。与大流行前相比，收入较高的参与者认为婚姻更重要，而异性恋参与者则认为生孩子更重要：这些结果强调了个人对婚姻和生育的看法在应对 COVID-19 大流行这样的变革性事件时的动态性质。这些结果为了解围绕这些里程碑不断演变的文化叙事提供了有价值的见解，凸显了社会价值观在面对前所未有的变化时的韧性和适应性。

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Pandemic perspectives: the temporal influence of COVID-19 on attitudes toward marriage and childbirth.

Introduction: Marriage and childbirth rates in the U.S. have declined over the past decade, with individuals delaying these life milestones. The COVID-19 pandemic further complicated these trends, simultaneously increasing the desire for connection while disrupting relationship formation. This study examines how perceptions of marriage and childbearing shifted during the first two years of the pandemic using two cross-sectional, nationally representative surveys.

Methods: Study 1 (n = 513), conducted in January 2021, and Study 2 (n = 1,850), conducted in August 2022, surveyed participants on the perceived importance of marriage and childbearing before and during the pandemic. Data were collected through online surveys and analyzed using linear regressions to identify demographic differences and shifts in attitudes.

Results: Study 1 (n = 513) in January 2021 found that approximately 29% reported a decreased importance of marriage, while nearly 35% reported a reduced importance of child-bearing. Women and those with higher income reported an increase in the importance of marriage, while those with higher income reported an increase in the importance of having children. Study 2 (n = 1850) in August 2022 revealed a noteworthy contrast. Overall, participants expressed a consistent desire for marriage compared to pre-pandemic levels. Conversely, participants demonstrated a significant shift in their desire for children, indicating a greater inclination toward childlessness compared to pre-pandemic attitudes. 15.1% reported a reduced importance of having children. Higher income participants rated marriage as more important, while heterosexual participants rated having children as more important relative to pre-pandemic years.

Discussion: These results underscore the dynamic nature of individuals' perceptions surrounding marriage and childbearing in response to a transformative event like the COVID-19 pandemic. They provide valuable insights into the evolving cultural narrative around these milestones, highlighting the resilience and adaptability of societal values in the face of unprecedented change.

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Frontiers in Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

13.20%

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7396

审稿时长

14 weeks

期刊介绍： Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.