Wiwattanapantuwong, Juthatip, Tuicomepee, Arunya, Suttiwan, Panrapee, Watakakosol, Rewadee, Ben-Ezra, Menachem and Goodwin, Robin (2022) Data for For better or worse: Relationship change in Thailand during COVID-19. [Dataset]

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Abstract

Objective:
Novel infectious diseases have the potential to both strengthen or weaken interpersonal relationships within a society. In a collectivist setting such as Thailand amplification of relationships may be particularly marked, but may be associated with individual factors, including personal values and perceived control over the virus.

Methods:
A national on-street survey in Thailand (April 2020, N = 1,000), collected data from five regions across the country (response rate 82.6%). Participants reported demographics, anxiety, perceived control, and personal values of security and universalism, and indicated changes, from negative to positive, across four relationship types (relationship partners, family, friendships and neighbourhood).

Results:
While relationship changes were small overall, there was an improvement in close relations (partners, family members) but not amongst friends and neighbours. Respondents who were married without children recorded less enhancement of partnerships, friendships and neighbourhood relations. Those with less perceived control over the infection reported relationship decline, while single people reported fewer positive changes in their partnership or family relations. Multiple regression analyses demonstrated the prioritisation of security was associated with a decline in each of the relationships, while universalism was positively associated with change in the family, in friendships and neighbourly relations.

Conclusions:
Personal values and marital status may impact on relationship functioning during a national health crisis. These issues should be considered by clinicians and health practitioners when trying to assist those struggling with interpersonal relations during a pandemic.

Item Type:	Dataset
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Type of Data:	Survey
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Interpersonal relations -- Thailand -- Psychological aspects, Families -- Thailand -- Psychological aspects, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Thailand -- Psychological aspects
Publisher:	University of Warwick, Department of Psychology
Official Date:	17 February 2022
Dates:	Date Event 17 February 2022 Created
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Media of Output (format):	.sav
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders:	University of Warwick
Description:	Relationship change in Thailand during COVID-19
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID UNSPECIFIED [ESRC] Economic and Social Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269 CU_GIF_62_01_38_01 Chulalongkorn University http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002873 UNSPECIFIED Psychology Center for Life-Span Development and Intergeneration, Chulalongkorn University UNSPECIFIED
Related URLs:	Other Related item in WRAP Other
Contributors:	Contribution Name Contributor ID Depositor Goodwin, Robin 67524

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