The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown altered families? routines, from telework imposition to performing additional childcare, as children started studying at home. Adapting to these demands can have effects on couples’ relationships. This study aimed to analyze couples? experiences of parental exhaustion during the lockdown and to understand its links to relationship satisfaction and conflict frequency. It also explored how couples’ internal resources (e.g., dyadic coping) buffered these effects. We examined data from 210 individuals in a romantic relationship who were cohabiting with their partners, teleworking, and had children under 18. Absolute values of parental exhaustion and relationship quality were not severe, but there was evidence that parental exhaustion contributed to decreasing relationship satisfaction and increasing conflict. Positive forms of dyadic coping were found to moderate only the adverse effects on conflict frequency. Implications of these results to couple’s support under stressful events are provided.

COVID-19 大流行和封锁改变了家庭吗？当孩子们开始在家学习时，从强制远程工作到提供额外的托儿服务，这些都是例行公事。适应这些要求会对夫妻关系产生影响。这项研究旨在分析夫妻？封锁期间父母疲惫的经历，并了解其与关系满意度和冲突频率的联系。它还探讨了夫妻的内部资源（例如，二元应对）如何缓冲这些影响。我们研究了 210 名处于恋爱关系中的个体的数据，这些个体与伴侣同居、远程办公，并且有 18 岁以下的孩子。父母疲惫和关系质量的绝对值并不严重，但有证据表明父母疲惫会导致关系满意度下降，冲突加剧。研究发现，积极的二元应对方式只能减轻对冲突频率的不利影响。提供了这些结果对夫妇在压力事件下的支持的影响。