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Title: | Family violence against children in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic: A review of current perspectives and risk factors |
Author: | Pereda Beltran, Noemí Díaz-Faes, Diego A. |
Keywords: | Infants maltractats Violència familiar COVID-19 Abused children Family violence COVID-19 |
Issue Date: | 20-Oct-2020 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | The situation of crisis produced by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses major challenges to societies all over the world. While efforts to contain the virus are vital to protect global health, these same efforts are exposing children and adolescents to an increased risk of family violence. Various criminological theories explain the causes of this new danger. The social isolation required by the measures taken in the different countries, the impact on jobs, the economic instability, high levels of tension and fear of the virus, and new forms of relationships have all increased levels of stress in the most vulnerable families and, therefore, the risk of violence. In addition, mandatory lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the disease have trapped children in their homes, isolating them from the people and the resources that could help them. In general, the restrictive measures imposed in many countries have not been accompanied by an analysis of the access to the resources needed to reduce this risk. It is necessary to take urgent measures to intervene in these high-risk contexts so that children and adolescents can develop and prosper in a society which is likely to undergo profound changes, but in which the defense of their rights and protection must remain a major priority. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00347-1 |
It is part of: | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2020, vol. 14, num. 40, p. 1-7 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/173287 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00347-1 |
ISSN: | 1753-2000 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia) |
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