Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal.
Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (ISCSP-ULisbon), 4475-690 Maia, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 15;20(10):5826. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105826.
The COVID-19 pandemic had several negative impacts on child and adolescent victims of domestic violence, especially on those who lived in the residential foster care system. The main goal of the present study was to understand these negative impacts through the perspectives of professionals in Portuguese residential foster care structures using both individual interviews and an online survey. One hundred and three professionals aged between 22 and 64 years (M = 38.39; SD = 8.34) participated in the online survey (86 females and 17 males). Of those, seven professionals, four females and three males aged between 29 and 49 years (M = 38.43, SD = 7.50), were also interviewed. According to the participants, the conditions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic contributed adversely not only to the increase in domestic violence against children and adolescents but also to the aggravation of the conditions children and adolescents living in the Portuguese residential foster care system were exposed to, namely concerning family relationships, access to resources and services, and institutional dynamics. The results suggest the necessity to develop standard procedures to cope with pandemic situations in the residential foster care system.
新冠疫情对家庭暴力的儿童和青少年受害者产生了一些负面影响，尤其是对那些生活在住宿寄养系统中的受害者。本研究的主要目的是通过葡萄牙住宿寄养结构中的专业人员的视角，通过个人访谈和在线调查来了解这些负面影响。103 名年龄在 22 岁至 64 岁之间的专业人员（M=38.39；SD=8.34）参加了在线调查（86 名女性和 17 名男性）。其中，7 名专业人员，4 名女性和 3 名男性，年龄在 29 岁至 49 岁之间（M=38.43，SD=7.50），也接受了采访。根据参与者的说法，新冠疫情带来的条件不仅对针对儿童和青少年的家庭暴力增加产生了不利影响，而且还对生活在葡萄牙住宿寄养系统中的儿童和青少年所面临的条件恶化产生了不利影响，特别是在家庭关系、获得资源和服务以及机构动态方面。结果表明，有必要制定标准程序，以应对住宿寄养系统中的大流行情况。
