The rise in family violence may be linked to mental health issues, isolation, economic vulnerability, loneliness and job loss
A rapid review of literature done by a research team at the university’s Faculty of Nursing and Cumming School of Medicine found the rise in family violence may have occurred due to the restrictions that increased risks, such as mental-health concerns, isolation, economic vulnerability, loneliness and job loss.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
According to a news release by the University of Calgary, the team reviewed a number of articles and studies published between December 2019 and March 2021, expanding the definition of family violence to include intimate partner violence and child abuse and neglect.Article content The paper, published in eClinicalMedicine, noted that self-reported studies of community households show a rise in abuse. With perpetrators of domestic violence and their victims living in increased proximity because of pandemic-related restrictions, there may have been increased coercive control that prevented victims from seeking help, the study says.
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