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The Oxford Stringency Index has tracked 23 different indicators of country policy response (e.g., school closures, travel restrictions, vaccination policy, etc.) from 180 countries since January 1, 2020. These policies are summated on a scale to reflect extent of governmental action, with higher scores indicating greater restriction (Hale et al., 2021). For the current paper, we used the running mean of each country’s score at the time data collection halted in each country. The sexts followed a one-night stand sometime in either 2015 or 2016, according to those familiar with the providence of the photos, although the exact nature of the relationship is up for debate. “One person expected less and the other expected more,” said a source with knowledge of the encounter.

• It is plausible for such changes to also have affected sexual behaviors and sexual satisfaction.
• In addition, findings from the current study are based on a more representative sample than those used in previous research, suggesting a more accurate representation of US adolescents’ sexting behaviors.
• This could lead to both positive (e.g., strengthening relationships, gratitude, appreciation and tolerance [6] and negative outcomes (e.g. exacerbation of quarrels, couples’ bond diminution) [7].
• As not all respondents were required to answer all questions, the number of respondents for each question varied.
• A large proportion of participants reported a decrease in quality of life (69.4%), quality of sleep (37.7), connection with friends (56.1%), and with family (28.9%).

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Some of the existing literature suggests that solo and partnered sex increased for some people, perhaps because their country or municipality enforced less stringent lockdown measures (Leffler et al., 2020), or because they had more unstructured time with the suspension of many leisure activities. Some people may have had greater access to a main partner either because they lived together because one or both were working from home (Bick et al., 2020), or because they chose to self-isolate in the same place (Lopes et al., 2020). Others may have had more time for a partner from whom they were physically separated, or they may have begun sexual relationships with new partners (e.g., a roommate).

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• These are referred to as online romance fraud (ORF) or romance scams (Whitty & Buchanan, 2016) and they have increased at an alarming rate over the past decade,1 due in large part to the exponential advancement of computer technology and usability of social media platforms (see Topalli & Nikolovska, 2020).
• Our findings also make it clear that the commonness of a behavior does not condone its occurrence.
• From a methodological perspective, our use of a large, multinational sample expands the boundaries of what is currently available in the COVID-19 and sexual health literature.
• A total of 557 individuals participated in this study, of who 196 (35.2%) identified their gender as male, 347 (62.3%) as female and 13 (2.3%) as “other”, “neither” or “both” genders.

Moreover, men who have sex with men (MSM) said they experienced less sexual activity during lockdown compared to 2019, while respondents who lived with their partner were more likely to report the same amount of sex or an increase in sex frequency during lockdown compared to 2019. A small percentage of participants (1.2%) said they participated in group sex, swinging, or threesomes since lockdown began, compared with 2019 (Coombe et al., 2021). A cross-sectional study conducted in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal from April 3 to April 15, 2020, found that 45% of participants thought that quarantine affected their sexual lives, even if no substantial differences in sexual activity were found between before and during lockdown (Arafat et al., 2020).

From a sampling perspective, the predominance of existing data documenting changes in sexual behavior comes from single-country studies. To date, very few studies have had appropriate data to enable multi-country comparisons of sexual behavior change (Michielsen et al., 2021), and studies have been disproportionately from high-income countries (Batz et al., 2022; Dema et al., 2022). Policymakers at the national and global levels have underscored the need for high-quality, multi-country studies that more robustly represent country-level differences in important factors, such as income or pandemic response. In addition, the different wording of questions (e.g., survey items for main vs. casual partner sex) may have impacted how participants responded. In addition, we were not able to offer specific definitions of terms (e.g. providing expanded wording for terms or defining partner type). Some of the factors we examined (e.g. household context, mental health, or partnership status) could have impacted the selection of one behavior relative to another.

However, the photos were now lingering in a state of political purgatory after a long-time supporter of Mei struck a deal to keep them from being made public. I’ve seen them and I was told to suppress them,” a local political operative said. Cyberbullying refers to the misuse of electronic media, aiming at harming, humiliating or intimidating others and leads to severe, long-lasting traumatization and even life-threatening consequences.

On average approximately one quarter of adolescents are affected by this problem. This article gives an overview of the phenomenology, symptoms, background, consequences and possibilities for prevention, in order to call for a promising way of combating this previously practically completely neglected problem. The aim is the introduction of comprehensive measures for preventing cyberbullying, the recognition of symptoms and treating the sequelae.

Below we situate these findings within the existing extant literature and conclude with a discussion of their clinical/public health implications. During the COVID-19 outbreak there was an increase in sexual dysfunctions, nonetheless, spending more time with a loved one did help with negative pandemic-related outcomes (Karagöz et al., 2020). A cross-sectional study conducted from May 6 to May 20, 2020, investigated the changes in the sexual lives of couples, married or cohabitants, in Turkey (Karagöz et al., 2020). During the COVID-19 outbreak, 75.7% of male respondents and 76.3% of female respondents reported spending more time with their partners and 21.8% of men and 32% of women perceived restrictions during the pandemic to be positive in their daily and emotional relationship. Findings showed higher levels of anxiety and depression in women compared to men. Women more than men avoided sexual closeness with their partner because of concerns about spreading COVID-19, were more likely to think they could be infected during sexual intercourse, and took precautions like using condoms.

Moreover, women working as healthcare workers, living with their partner, and having low sexual satisfaction experienced low levels of desire (De Rose et al., 2021). Additionally, this survey assessed self-reported sexual behavior changes at one point during the pandemic. Because they survey was open for several months, it likely that we collected data from participants during types of local infection periods (e.g. “stable” vs. “surge”), which could have influenced their recollection of any behavior change. These same time-based limitations also apply to our country-level measurements of COVID-19 strictness, income inequality, and human development.