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COVID-19, intimate partner violence, and communication ecologies Clare E.B. Cannon, Regardt Ferreira, Frederick Buttell and Jennifer First

By: Cannon, Clare E. B.
Contributor(s): Ferreira, Regardt | Buttell, Frederick | First, Jennifer.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: American Behavioral Scientist.Publisher: Sage, 2021Subject(s): COVID-19 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | HOUSING | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | PANDEMICS | RISK FACTORS | SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS | INTERNATIONAL | SOUTH AFRICAOnline resources: DOI: 10.1177/0002764221992826 (Open Access) In: American Behavioral Scientist, 2021, Advance online publication, 6 February 2021 (Open access)Summary: The purpose of this research is to identify important predictors, related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, of intimate partner violence (IPV) and to provide insight into communication ecologies that can address IPV in disaster contexts. This study uses a cross-sectional design, with purposive snowball sampling, for primary survey data collected over 10 weeks starting the first week in April 2020. A total of 374 adults participated in the study. Logistic binary regression was used to identify key predictors among sociodemographic characteristics, stress related to COVID-19, and perceived stress of group membership for those who reported IPV experiences. A t test was used to statistically differentiate between IPV-reporters and non-IPV reporters based on perceived stress measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. Results indicated that respondents who reported renting, lost income due to COVID-19, and increased nutritional stress were all more likely to belong to the IPV-reporters group. These findings provide insight into additional stressors related to the ongoing pandemic, such as stress due to income loss, nutritional stress, and renting, and their likelihood of increasing IPV victimization. Taken together, these results indicate that additional communication resources are needed for those affected by IPV. Additional findings and implications are further discussed. (Authors' abstract). Record #7029
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American Behavioral Scientist, 2021, Advance online publication, 6 February 2021 (Open access)

The purpose of this research is to identify important predictors, related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, of intimate partner violence (IPV) and to provide insight into communication ecologies that can address IPV in disaster contexts. This study uses a cross-sectional design, with purposive snowball sampling, for primary survey data collected over 10 weeks starting the first week in April 2020. A total of 374 adults participated in the study. Logistic binary regression was used to identify key predictors among sociodemographic characteristics, stress related to COVID-19, and perceived stress of group membership for those who reported IPV experiences. A t test was used to statistically differentiate between IPV-reporters and non-IPV reporters based on perceived stress measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. Results indicated that respondents who reported renting, lost income due to COVID-19, and increased nutritional stress were all more likely to belong to the IPV-reporters group. These findings provide insight into additional stressors related to the ongoing pandemic, such as stress due to income loss, nutritional stress, and renting, and their likelihood of increasing IPV victimization. Taken together, these results indicate that additional communication resources are needed for those affected by IPV. Additional findings and implications are further discussed. (Authors' abstract). Record #7029