RT Article
T1 Prevalence and correlates of fearing a partner during the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain: findings from Natsal-COVID
JF Journal of family violence
VO 40
IS 4
SP 649
OP 661
A1 Willis, Malachi
A1 Tanton, Clare
A1 Conolly, Anne
A1 Baxter, Andrew J.
A1 Bosó Pérez, Raquel
A1 Riddell, Julie
A1 Dema, Emily
A1 Copas, Andrew J.
A1 Macdowall, Wendy
A1 Bonell, Chris
A1 Mercer, Catherine H.
A1 Sonnenberg, Pam
A1 Field, Nigel
A1 Mitchell, Kirstin R.
A2 Tanton, Clare
A2 Conolly, Anne
A2 Baxter, Andrew J.
A2 Bosó Pérez, Raquel
A2 Riddell, Julie
A2 Dema, Emily
A2 Copas, Andrew J.
A2 Macdowall, Wendy
A2 Bonell, Chris
A2 Mercer, Catherine H.
A2 Sonnenberg, Pam
A2 Field, Nigel
A2 Mitchell, Kirstin R.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1941257666
AB Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions introduced personal and relationship stressors that potentially increased the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) for some. We estimated the population prevalence and correlates of fearing a partner in the first year of the pandemic in Britain. Method: We used data from Natsal-COVID Wave 2—a web-panel survey undertaken one year after the initial British lockdown from 23 March 2020. Quotas and weighting were used to achieve a quasi-representative sample of the general population. Participants were asked about fearing a partner, which is a simple and valid screening tool to identify IPV experiences. Results: In our sample (unweighted n = 6302, aged 18-59), 9.0% of women and 8.7% of men reported fearing a partner in the first year of the pandemic. Women (73.3%) were more likely than men (49.9%) to indicate that fearing a partner made them feel anxious or depressed; men were more likely to report increased substance use (30.8% vs. 18.4%) and affected work/studies (30.0% vs. 20.0%). For both women and men, fearing a partner during the first year of the pandemic was associated with established health and wellbeing outcomes like anxiety/depression, alcohol use, accessing sexual/reproductive health services, and relationship dissolution as well as feeling that the "pandemic made things worse" across various life domains. Conclusions: Population-level estimates of IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic highlight harmful experiences that occurred alongside other wide-ranging hardships, and the associations presented identify key populations with potential ongoing need. We make recommendations for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of IPV.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 660-661
K1 Covid-19
K1 Cross-sectional survey
K1 Domestic abuse
K1 Fearing partner
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Pandemic
DO 10.1007/s10896-023-00665-w