Archives of women's mental health, 2020-12, Vol.23 (6), p.749-756
2020
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Women’s mental health: acute impact of COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence
- Ist Teil von
- Archives of women's mental health, 2020-12, Vol.23 (6), p.749-756
- Ort / Verlag
- Vienna: Springer Vienna
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2020
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- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic created a situation of general distress. Although the focus has been initially more on the physical health during the pandemic, mental health concerns linked to the lockdown have quickly risen. This study aims to assess the effect of the COVID-19-related lockdown on Tunisian women’s mental health and gender-based violence. An online survey was conducted, using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21) and the Facebook Bergen Addiction Scale (FBAS). We chose a female-exclusive social group on Facebook and used the snowball sampling method. A total of 751 participants originating from all the Tunisian regions completed the questionnaire. More than half of the participants (57.3%) reported extremely severe distress symptoms, as per the DASS-21. Those who had a history of mental illness and who were allegedly abused during lockdown were found to have more severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Around 40% of women reported problematic social media use. Violence against women also reportedly increased significantly during the lockdown (from 4.4 to 14.8%; p < 0.001). Psychological abuse was the most frequent type of violence (96%). Women who had experienced abuse before the lockdown were at an increased risk of violence during lockdown ( p < 0.001; OR = 19.34 [8.71–43.00]). To our knowledge, this is the first study that evaluates the acute impact of COVID-19 on mental health and violence against women in Tunisia, Africa, and the Arab world. It may be a sound basis for developing a more effective psychological intervention aimed at women in these regions.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1434-1816eISSN: 1435-1102DOI: 10.1007/s00737-020-01082-4Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7568008
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- Schlagworte
- Abuse, Abused women, Addictions, Adult, Aged, Aggression, Anxiety, Anxiety - ethnology, Anxiety - psychology, Control, Coronaviruses, COVID-19, COVID-19 - epidemiology, COVID-19 - psychology, Depression - ethnology, Depression - psychology, Domestic violence, Domestic Violence - ethnology, Domestic Violence - psychology, Domestic Violence - statistics & numerical data, Emotional abuse, Epidemics, Family violence, Female, Forecasts and trends, Gender-based violence, Gender-Based Violence - ethnology, Gender-Based Violence - psychology, Gender-Based Violence - statistics & numerical data, Health aspects, Health Surveys, Humans, Intimate Partner Violence - ethnology, Intimate Partner Violence - psychology, Intimate Partner Violence - statistics & numerical data, Media violence, Medicine, Medicine & Public Health, Mental depression, Mental disorders, Mental Disorders - psychology, Mental health, Mental Health - statistics & numerical data, Mental health care, Mental illness, Mentally ill, Middle Aged, Original, Original Article, Pandemics, Pandemics - prevention & control, Psychiatry, Psychological aspects, Psychological Distress, Psychotherapy, Quarantine - psychology, Regions, SARS-CoV-2, Snowball sampling, Social aspects, Social groups, Social media, Social networks, Spouse Abuse - ethnology, Spouse Abuse - psychology, Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data, Stress, Stress (Psychology), Stress, Psychological - psychology, Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, Symptoms, Topical Collection on Women’s mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic, Tunisia, Tunisia - epidemiology, Violence against women, Women