In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments enacted a range of public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus. These measures resulted in school closures, social isolation, and job loss, which all contributed to increased psychosocial stress, particularly among families with pre-existing vulnerability factors. Given the relationship between increased psychosocial stress and intimate partner violence (IPV), this rapid review investigated change in the prevalence and correlates of IPV victimization during the first six months of the pandemic. PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane COVID-19 registry were reviewed. This search resulted in 255 unique results, of which 24 studies were included. There were 19 studies that examined changes in the rate of IPV from before the COVID-19 pandemic to during the pandemic. Of the studies examining changes in the rate of IPV, 11 found a significant increase. Key vulnerability factors contributing to the increase include low socioeconomic status, unemployment, a personal or familial COVID-19 diagnosis, family mental illness, or overcrowding. Six studies examined whether the presence of children in the home was associated with IPV, but the direction of this relationship was inconsistent. This review finds preliminary evidence of a relationship between COVID-19 induced stressors, pre-existing vulnerabilities, and increased IPV, which present important implications for policy and practice.

为了应对 COVID-19 大流行，各国政府制定了一系列旨在防止病毒传播的公共卫生措施。这些措施导致学校关闭、社会孤立和失业，这些都导致社会心理压力增加，特别是对于本来就存在脆弱因素的家庭。鉴于社会心理压力增加与亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 之间的关系，这项快速审查调查了大流行前六个月 IPV 受害发生率的变化及其相关性。对 PsycINFO、MEDLINE、Embase、PubMed、Scopus 和 Cochrane COVID-19 注册中心进行了审查。此次检索产生了 255 项独特结果，其中纳入了 24 项研究。有 19 项研究调查了从 COVID-19 大流行之前到大流行期间 IPV 发生率的变化。在检查 IPV 发生率变化的研究中，有 11 项发现显着增加。导致这一增长的主要脆弱因素包括社会经济地位低下、失业、个人或家庭的 COVID-19 诊断、家庭精神疾病或过度拥挤。六项研究探讨了家中有儿童是否与 IPV 相关，但这种关系的方向不一致。本次审查发现了 COVID-19 引起的压力源、预先存在的脆弱性和 IPV 增加之间关系的初步证据，这对政策和实践具有重要影响。