Parrott Dominic J, Halmos Miklós B, Stappenbeck Cynthia A, Moino Kevin
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA.
Psychol Violence. 2022 Mar;12(2):95-103. doi: 10.1037/vio0000395. Epub 2021 Aug 2.
This study aimed to test empirically whether (1) the local impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in intimate partner aggression (IPA) and heavy drinking, and (2) heavy drinking moderated the association between COVID-19 stress and IPA perpetration.
Participants were 510 individuals (approximately 50% who endorsed a sexual or gender minority identity) recruited via Qualtrics Research Services in April 2020, during the height of shelter-in-place (SiP) restrictions across the United States. They completed a questionnaire battery that included measures of COVID-19 stressors, physical and psychological IPA perpetration, and heavy drinking.
Rates of physical and psychological IPA perpetration significantly increased after implementation of SiP restrictions which aimed to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. COVID-19 stress was significantly and positively associated with physical and psychological IPA perpetration; however, COVID-19 stress was positively associated with physical IPA perpetration among non-heavy drinking, but not heavy drinking, participants.
Drawn from a large sample of participants of diverse sexual identities, findings tentatively implicate COVID-19 stress as a critical correlate of IPA perpetration and suggest that "low risk" individuals (i.e., non-heavy drinkers) should not be overlooked. These data provide preliminary support for the usefulness of public health polices and individual-level interventions that target stress, heavy drinking, and their antecedents.
本研究旨在通过实证检验：（1）新冠疫情的局部影响是否与亲密伴侣攻击行为（IPA）增加及酗酒有关；（2）酗酒是否调节了新冠疫情压力与实施 IPA 之间的关联。
参与者为 510 人（约 50% 认同性少数身份），于 2020 年 4 月通过 Qualtrics 研究服务招募，当时美国各地正处于居家令（SiP）限制最严格的时期。他们完成了一系列问卷，包括新冠疫情压力源、身体和心理层面的 IPA 实施情况以及酗酒情况的测量。
旨在减轻新冠病毒传播的居家令限制措施实施后，身体和心理层面的 IPA 实施率显著上升。新冠疫情压力与身体和心理层面的 IPA 实施显著正相关；然而，在非酗酒参与者中，新冠疫情压力与身体层面的 IPA 实施呈正相关，而在酗酒参与者中并非如此。
基于大量不同性取向参与者的样本，研究结果初步表明新冠疫情压力是实施 IPA 的关键相关因素，并提示“低风险”个体（即非酗酒者）不应被忽视。这些数据为针对压力、酗酒及其诱因的公共卫生政策和个体层面干预措施的有效性提供了初步支持。
