The Phenomenological Identification of the Marital Interactions of People with Coronavirus Disease

Despite of significant advances in medicine, infectious diseases still threaten the health of society. A new type of Coronavirus called Covid-19 has become increasingly common in the world.  Because of quarantine, the interactive patterns between family members, especially couples with Corona was affected and changed. The main goal of this research is to study the factors affecting interactive patterns between couples in the Corona period according to the conditions of the disease and home quarantine.

This study is a qualitative research and was done by Phenomenological method. The Participants included 15 men and women coronavirus survivors in 2020 that were selected by targeted sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data.

This research findings indicated that 5 main themes included: Changing roles, experiencing negative emotions, Coping behaviors, Support and Communication problems and 22 sub-themes.

The results showed that the performance of couples can play an effective role in the transition from crisis and disease and the type of their behaviors in this period can affect marital satisfaction or dissatisfaction.