Family Violence and COVID-19: The Pandemic Within the Pandemic

The project will investigate the short-, medium- and long-term effects that the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken to combat it had and continue to have on conflicts and violence in Swiss families.

Brief information

School:

Social Work

Status:

Ongoing

Period:

01.01.2023 - 28.02.2026

Overview

This long-term study, realised within the NRP 80 "COVID-19 in Society", will firstly investigate how prevalence rates of family violence has changed since 2017 according to official statistics and surveys, and the trend it is likely to follow in the period up to 2025. Secondly, we will survey family members on the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures have impacted family conflicts and violence. Here we want to find out how risk and protective factors interact at different levels (individual, relationship, community, society) and why some families experienced more violence during this period than others. Further, we are interested in identifying the circumstances under which the people affected can obtain support and do so, and when this is not the case. The aim of the project is to make recommendations for violence prevention in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Facts

Type of project

Forschung

Internal organisations involved
  • Institute of Social Work and Law
Funding
  • SNF-HSLU als Hauptgesuchsteller/in

Links

Persons involved: internal

Project manager
Member of project team

Publications

    • Krüger, Paula (07.06.2023). Gewalt im Alter. 5. Interdisziplinäres Netzwerktreffen Seniorenschutz, Zürich.

    • Caviezel Schmitz, Seraina & Krüger, Paula (31.01.2023). Elterliches Burnout in der Schweiz: Prävalenz und gesundheitliche Relevanz. Forschungssymposium Gesundheit Luzern, Luzern.

    • Caviezel Schmitz, Seraina & Krüger, Paula (04.10.2022). Gewalt gegen Kinder und ihre Prävention in Zeiten von Corona. 27. Deutscher Präventionstag, Hannover.

    • Krüger, Paula & Caviezel Schmitz, Seraina (12.09.2022). Sexuelle Gewalt in der Familie während der COVID-19-Pandemie. Erste Befunde einer Langzeitstudie aus der Schweiz. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie DGPs, Hildesheim.

    • Krüger, Paula & Caviezel Schmitz, Seraina (28.03.2022). The impact of COVID-19 on child maltreatment in Switzerland: preliminary results of a longitudinal study. ISPCAN Congress 2022, Québec, Kanada.

    • Krüger, Paula & Caviezel Schmitz, Seraina (22.09.2021). Mehr innerfamiliäre Gewalt in Zeiten der Pandemie? Erste Befunde einer Langzeitstudie aus der Schweiz. 19. Tagung der Fachgruppe Rechtspsychologie in der DGPs, Berlin (virtuell).

    • Caviezel Schmitz, Seraina & Krüger, Paula (07.06.2021). Short- and long-term effects of COVID-19 related public health measures on children’s emotional well-being and behavior in German-speaking Switzerland. ISPCAN International Conference, Milano.