People in the UAE report the most negative impact on their romantic lives, with 24% saying that their relationship has become strained or even ended as a result of the virus. One in five Indonesians (21%) likewise say that the virus has taken a toll on their love life, as do 15% of Americans, Britons and Hong Kongers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Danes are least likely to have been adversely affected, at 7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Family relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While Danes’ love lives may have been least affected, their family relationships are another matter. Almost half (48%) of Danes say that their family relationships have become strained, or that they have even stopped talking to someone entirely, as a result of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This figure is far higher than in any other country, with Italy in second place at 29%. The Chinese are least likely to have experienced disharmony in the family since the pandemic began, at just 9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friendships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Danes are also the most likely to say their friendships have taken a hit because of coronavirus, at 35% (joint with Indonesians).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again, it is the Chinese who are least likely to have fallen out with their friends, at 9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mental health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Britons are the most likely to say that the virus has negatively affected their mental health. Almost two thirds (65%) say they’ve found themselves more troubled over the course of the outbreak, slightly ahead of Hong Kongers (63%) and Italians (62%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Germans are the least likely to say the crisis has had a negative impact on their mental health, at 44% – the only country where this figure was lower than half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the UAE, more than half (55%) said the virus had a negative impact on their mental health. Only 23% reported no impact and far fewer (14%) said the impact on their mental health was positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With COVID-19 having ravaged the planet for the past nine months or so, the toll the disease has taken in terms of lives and money is well-reported. But what is less well known is how the pandemic has affected people’s personal lives. A new YouGov survey, conducted in 14 countries and regions, reveals the damage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9928,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions\/9928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image001.png\")
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