Family violence and COVID‐19: Increased vulnerability and reduced options for support
By K. Usher, Navjot Bhullar, Joanne Durkin, Naomi Gyamfi, Debra Jackson. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2020
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Family violence refers to threatening or other violent behaviour within families that may be physical, sexual, psychological, or economic, and can include child abuse and intimate partner violence (Peterman et al. 2020, van Gelder et al. 2020). Family violence during pandemics is associated with a range of factors including economic stress, disaster-related instability, increased exposure to exploitative relationships, and reduced options for support (Peterman et al. 2020). Due to the social isolation measures implemented across the globe to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, people living in volatile situations of family violence are restricted to their homes. Social isolation exacerbates personal and collective vulnerabilities while limiting accessible and familiar support options (van Gelder et al. 2020). In many countries, including Australia, we have already seen an increase in demand for domestic violence services and reports of increased risk for children not attending schools (Duncan, 2020); a pattern similar to previous episodes of social isolation associated with epidemics and pandemics (Boddy, Young & O'Leary 2020).
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Sociology and Political Science
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- Gender-related differences in the psychological impact of confinement as a consequence of COVID-19 in Spain (2020, background): “In addition, it is also worth noting the increase in domestic violence that has occurred during this state of emergency, with those affected unable to physically move away from the aggressor and the lack of support resources (Campbell, 2020; Peterman et al., 2020; Usher et al., 2020).”
- Parenting stress and risk of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A family stress theory-informed perspective (2020, background): “Such an increased IPV rate results in increased substance abuse (Usher et al., 2020), which increases the risk of child maltreatment (Fegert et al.”
- How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, background): “30 Although published data are few, individuals, including children, could be at increased risk of physical and sexual abuse at home during the pandemic.”
- Distance learning in Kazakhstan: estimating parents’ satisfaction of educational quality during the coronavirus (2021, background): “Around the world, the imposition of social isolation has led to a rise in domestic abuse and family violence (Usher et al., 2020).”