@article{ref1,
title="Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural survivors of intimate partner violence",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2022",
author="Cannon, Clare E. B. and Ferreira, Regardt and Buttell, Fred and O'Connor, Allyson",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to understand experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) by survivors living through the COVID-19 pandemic in a rural area. <br><br>METHOD: Structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of IPV survivors, 93% of whom identified as women, living in a rural parish (county) in Louisiana (n = 41). Interviews included COVID-19-related stressors (e.g., rent stress due to the pandemic) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5) and resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10) validated scales. Data were analyzed using independent t tests to determine differences across race with respect to PTSD and resilience and logistic regression to predict group membership in the probable PTSD group. <br><br>RESULTS: Results indicate 72.5% and 56.2% of rural IPV survivors interviewed reported experiencing rent/mortgage stress and nutritional stress, respectively, due to the pandemic. No statistically significant differences by race for probable PTSD or resilience were found. Rent or mortgage stress due to COVID-19 was a significant predictor of probable PTSD in the regression model. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest the possibility that IPV concerns may exacerbate pandemic-related concerns, which in turn exacerbates health functioning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0001244",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001244"
}