We analysed some political consequences of household crowding during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown across a wide quota sample of the Italian adult population, stratified as concerns gender, age, level of education, geographical area of residence, and size of area of residence, interviewed before (May–June 2019) and during (April 2020) the lockdown (N = 1,047, 51.2% women, M_age = 50.44, SD = 14.36). Path analysis showed that household crowding during the lockdown was positively associated with support for anti-democratic political systems, through the partial mediation of the perceived relative impact of COVID-19 on one's family and of expectations of future lifestyle restrictions due to the pandemic. These associations did not depend on participants' pre-pandemic socio-economic status and predisposition to strong political leaders. Strengths, limitations, and possible developments of the study are discussed.

我们分析了 2020 年 COVID-19 封锁期间家庭拥挤的一些政治后果，涉及意大利成年人口的广泛配额样本，按性别、年龄、教育水平、居住地理区域和居住面积大小进行分层，采访封锁之前（2019 年 5 月至 6 月）和封锁期间（2020 年 4 月）（N  = 1,047，51.2% 为女性，M_年龄 = 50.44，SD = 14.36）。路径分析表明，通过部分调解 COVID-19 对家庭的相对影响以及大流行对未来生活方式限制的预期，封锁期间的家庭拥挤与支持反民主政治制度呈正相关。这些关联并不取决于参与者在大流行前的社会经济地位和对强势政治领导人的倾向。讨论了研究的优势、局限性和可能的​​发展。