Abstract
This study analyzes child-to-parent violence during strict confinement due to COVID-19 as well as its association with other forms of family violence (parent-to-child violence and exposure to violence between parents) and with different psychosocial stressors: Academics/work, family coexistence, finances, COVID-19 and physical and psychological health. The study included 2245 young people (52.8% females) aged between 18 and 25 years (M = 21.52 years, SD = 2.07 years). The results show that more than half of the young people reported having performed at least one violent behavior toward their parents. Child-to-parent violence is significantly related to violence from parents to their young adult children, to exposure to violence between parents and to different psychosocial stressors: Academics/work, family coexistence and psychological health. The individual and additive predictive value of other forms of family violence and psychosocial stressors in child-to-parent violence is confirmed. Prevention and intervention programs for child-to-parent violence must take into account the role of other forms of family violence present as well as the influence of psychosocial stressors.
Highlights
The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has abruptly and significantly changed the way of life of people around the world
Given the scarcity of studies that demonstrate the magnitude of family violence during confinement due to COVID-19, in this study, we investigate the presence of child-to-parent violence (CPV), other forms of family violence and psychosocial stressors linked to this situation, as well as the associations between these factors
A total of 65.2% of the young people exercised some violent behavior toward their mother and 59.4% toward their father, with statistically significant differences based on gender
Summary
The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has abruptly and significantly changed the way of life of people around the world. Home confinement, as a measure to contain the pandemic, has forced many families into an intense and uninterrupted coexistence that, in many cases, has generated crises and tensions and a deterioration in family relationships and even triggered violent behaviors. For those who live in small houses or without open spaces, the stress generated has been greater. In this situation, the home becomes a risk scenario for victims of family violence, as they are required to stay away from people who can validate their experiences and offer them help. Many victims of family violence have faced the “worst case scenario”, that is, trapped in the home with a violent person without contact with the outside world [2]
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