Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730-0053, Japan.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hirosaki University, Aomori 036-8560, Japan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 7;19(19):12849. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912849.
Following the logic of studies showing that collective efficacy within neighborhoods deters intimate partner violence (IPV), the promotion of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic may have weakened that effect. To examine that possibility, we analyzed panel data from 318 adults in Japan regarding IPV victimization and perceived collective efficacy at four time points. A latent growth model (LGM) analysis for each measure revealed that informal social control, a subscale of collective efficacy, has declined since the pandemic began, whereas no significant changes have occurred in social cohesion and trust, another subscale of collective efficacy, and IPV victimization. Furthermore, two parallel LGM analyses revealed that although collective efficacy before the pandemic suppressed subsequent IPV victimization, changes in collective efficacy during the pandemic have been positively associated with changes in IPV. Those results suggest that collective efficacy's protective effect on IPV is moderated by whether interactions between intimate partners and their neighbors are socially normative.
根据研究表明邻里集体效能可以阻止亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的逻辑，在 COVID-19 大流行期间推广社交距离可能削弱了这种效应。为了检验这种可能性，我们分析了来自日本 318 名成年人关于 IPV 受害和在四个时间点感知到的集体效能的面板数据。对每个措施的潜在增长模型（LGM）分析表明，自大流行开始以来，非正式社会控制（集体效能的一个子量表）已经下降，而集体效能的另一个子量表社会凝聚力和信任以及 IPV 受害没有发生显著变化。此外，两个平行的 LGM 分析表明，尽管大流行前的集体效能抑制了随后的 IPV 受害，但大流行期间集体效能的变化与 IPV 的变化呈正相关。这些结果表明，集体效能对 IPV 的保护作用受到亲密伴侣及其邻居之间的互动是否符合社会规范的调节。
