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Self‐Injury and Domestic Violence in Young Adults During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Trajectories, Precursors, and Correlates
Author(s) -
Steinhoff Annekatrin,
Bechtiger Laura,
Ribeaud Denis,
Murray Aja Louise,
Hepp Urs,
Eisner Manuel,
Shanahan Lilly
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12659
Subject(s) - pandemic , domestic violence , stressor , covid-19 , young adult , longitudinal study , coping (psychology) , injury prevention , psychology , poison control , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , medicine , demography , environmental health , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , pathology , outbreak , sociology
We examined the longitudinal course of, and pre‐ and during‐pandemic risk factors for, self‐injury and domestic physical violence perpetration in young adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data came from a Swiss longitudinal study ( N = 786, age ˜22 in 2020), with one prepandemic (2018) and four during‐pandemic assessments (2020). The prevalence of self‐injury did not change between April (during the first Swiss national lockdown) and September 2020 (postlockdown). Domestic violence perpetration increased temporarily in males. Prepandemic self‐injury was a major risk factor for during‐pandemic self‐injury. Specific living arrangements, pandemic‐related stressor accumulation, and a lack of adaptive coping strategies were associated with during‐pandemic self‐injury and domestic violence. Stressor accumulation had indirect effects on self‐injury and domestic violence through negative emotions.