Department of Dynamic, Clinical Psychology and Health, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 25;18(17):8948. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18178948.
The global pandemic caused by a new strain of Coronavirus has brought the Italian government to adopt quarantine, isolation, and lockdown strategies as restrictive measures to reduce the virus spread. Being forced to stay at home could significantly increase the likelihood of episodes of home-based violence and could also be accompanied by a limited possibility of complaints or defense by the victim. The present study aimed to document, through the use of newspaper articles, the characteristics of domestic violence during the lockdown period related to COVID-19 in Italy (from 9 March 2020 up to 18 May 2020) and compare the results with the same period in 2019. The results showed an increase in domestic violence during the lockdown period compared to the same period the year before and highlighted the differences between the dynamics and violent behavior between the two periods examined. The results and limitations of this research are discussed with reference to the literature.
新型冠状病毒引发的全球大流行促使意大利政府采取隔离、封锁等限制措施，以减少病毒传播。被迫居家可能会大大增加家庭内暴力事件的发生几率，受害者也可能无法进行投诉或自卫。本研究旨在通过使用报纸文章记录意大利 COVID-19 封锁期间（2020 年 3 月 9 日至 2020 年 5 月 18 日）家庭暴力的特征，并将结果与 2019 年同期进行比较。结果显示，与去年同期相比，封锁期间的家庭暴力有所增加，并突出了两个时期暴力行为的差异。本文还参考文献对研究结果和局限性进行了讨论。
