Research Review: Family Violence, Spring 2021

We present Research Review (RR), a publication of the Joining Forces Joining Families group. In this RR, we present summaries of research on child maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of worldwide research on violence against children summarizes prevalent methodological issues and descriptions of children’s experiences of violence. Other child maltreatment summaries describe possible family-related stressors associated with parental job loss, increased use of harsh child discipline, profiles of risks of caregivers, and cases of children seen in emergency departments for maltreatment including abusive head trauma. We also present a summary of some of the effects of the isolation and loneliness in IPV victims during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please share RR with your colleagues. Its distribution is unlimited.