The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Male Intimate Partner Violence Victims

Hines et al. investigated female perpetrated IPV during the pandemic. They found out that 16.8% of participants said that their partner’s aggression became more severe and frequent; 18.4% said it became more frequent; 12.6% said that became more severe only. Nearly half the participants (47.8%) indicated that they experienced an increase overall in either or both the frequency and severity of IPV victimization.

Over a third of participants (37.5%) indicated that their partner’s aggression remained the same. As well as only 14.6% reported that their partner’s became less aggressive during the pandemic.