COVID-19 Restrictions, Lifestyles, and Marital Conflicts: An Empirical Analysis of Marital Sustainability

Bahire Efe Özad, Maryam Suleiman Jamo () and Gulen Uygarer
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Bahire Efe Özad: Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, Cyprus
Maryam Suleiman Jamo: Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, Cyprus
Gulen Uygarer: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, Cyprus

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-13

Abstract: Governments are taking precautions to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, including instituting social isolation policies that cover all aspects of life, such as closing public places such as worship centers, recreational facilities, work, schools, and shopping malls. The restrictions have a variety of sociological and psychological consequences on daily lifestyle of people, including marital conflict. Thus, this study investigates couples’ lifestyles and conflicts during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Nigeria based on the frustration–aggression hypothesis. The study used a sample of 373 adults obtained from a combined offline and online cross-sectional survey that was conducted via face-to-face contact, email questionnaire, and Google form (distributed via social media groups and emails). We used descriptive statistics to analyze the data. The findings reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions (lockdown) led to reduced or lost income, financial uncertainty, job insecurity, and social isolation. Consequently, the COVID-19-pandemic exacerbated poverty and insecurity, as well as insufficient judicial processes. These resulted in misery and violence against spouses, which aggravated marital strife in the country.

Keywords: COVID-19; lockdown; lifestyle; couple conflict; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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