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ArticleJournal of family violence2025

Prevalence and Correlates of Fearing a Partner During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Britain: Findings from Natsal-COVID.

Malachi Willis, Clare Tanton, Anne Conolly, Andrew J Baxter, Raquel Bosó Pérez, Julie Riddell, Emily Dema, Andrew J Copas, Wendy Macdowall, Chris Bonell and 4 more

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Article in Journal of family violence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Malachi WillisMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3173-3990
Clare TantonFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1H 9SH UK.
Anne ConollyInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB UK.
Andrew J BaxterMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB UK.
Raquel Bosó PérezMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB UK.
Julie RiddellMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB UK.
Emily DemaInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB UK.
Andrew J CopasInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB UK.
Wendy MacdowallFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1H 9SH UK.
Chris BonellFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1H 9SH UK.
Catherine H MercerInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB UK.
Pam SonnenbergInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB UK.
Nigel FieldInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6JB UK.
Kirstin R MitchellMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB UK.

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Abstract

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions introduced personal and relationship stressors that potentially increased the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) for some. We estimated the population prevalence and correlates of fearing a partner in the first year of the pandemic in Britain. Method: We used data from Natsal-COVID Wave 2-a web-panel survey undertaken one year after the initial British lockdown from 23 March 2020. Quotas and weighting were used to achieve a quasi-representative sample of the general population. Participants were asked about fearing a partner, which is a simple and valid screening tool to identify IPV experiences. Results: In our sample (unweighted Conclusions: Population-level estimates of IPV during the COVID-19 pandemic highlight harmful experiences that occurred alongside other wide-ranging hardships, and the associations presented identify key populations with potential ongoing need. We make recommendations for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of IPV.

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COVID-19Cross-sectional surveyDomestic abuseFearing partnerIntimate partner violencePandemic

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