Quarantine guidelines that arose with the COVID-19 pandemic limited opportunities for social interaction, raising concerns about increases in intimate partner violence and cyberabuse while simultaneously restricting access to help. The current study assessed increases in cyberabuse, sexual aggression, and intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in a U.S. nationally representative sample of young adults ages 18 to 35, recruited from a probability-based household panel. Data were collected between November 2020 and May 2021. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess the prevalence of any self-reported increase in cyberabuse, sexual aggression, or intimate partner victimization or perpetration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Logistic regression models were run for each outcome measuring any increase compared to no increase. Approximately one in ten U.S. young adults ages 18 to 35 reported experiencing an increase in cyberabuse victimization (12.6%) and cyberabuse perpetration (8.9%) during the pandemic. Similar proportions were observed for increased sexual aggression victimization (11.8%) and perpetration (9.0%). More than one in five respondents (21.4%) reported that their intimate partner was more physically, sexually, or emotionally aggressive toward them during the pandemic. Conversely, 16.2% of respondents reported that they were more physically, sexually, or emotionally aggressive themselves toward an intimate partner, compared to their behavior before the onset of the pandemic. Having an intimate partner and staying at home more than usual during the pandemic were protective factors for both cyberabuse and sexual aggression victimization. Respondent age, education, and race and ethnicity were not associated with increased victimization or perpetration of cyberabuse or sexual aggression. However, women reported lower odds of increased sexual aggression perpetration than men. These findings improve understanding of changes to interpersonal abuse and associated risk factors during a period of social disruption.

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COVID-19 对美国年轻人网络虐待、性侵犯和亲密伴侣暴力的影响

COVID-19 大流行期间出台的隔离准则限制了社交互动的机会，引发了人们对亲密伴侣暴力和网络虐待增加的担忧，同时限制了获得帮助的机会。当前的研究评估了在 COVID-19 大流行的第一年中，网络虐待、性侵犯以及亲密伴侣暴力受害和实施的增加情况，调查对象是美国全国范围内具有代表性的 18 至 35 岁年轻人样本，这些样本是从基于概率的家庭小组中招募的。数据收集于 2020 年 11 月至 2021 年 5 月期间。进行描述性分析是为了评估 COVID-19 大流行期间自我报告的网络虐待、性侵犯或亲密伴侣受害或犯罪行为增加的普遍程度。对每个结果运行逻辑回归模型，测量与没有增加相比的任何增加。大约十分之一的 18 至 35 岁美国年轻人表示，在新冠病毒大流行期间，网络虐待受害人数 (12.6%) 和网络虐待实施人数 (8.9%) 有所增加。性侵犯受害（11.8%）和实施（9.0%）的比例相似。超过五分之一的受访者（21.4%）表示，在疫情期间，他们的亲密伴侣在身体、性或情感上对他们更具攻击性。相反，16.2% 的受访者表示，与疫情爆发前相比，他们对亲密伴侣在身体、性或情感上更具攻击性。在大流行期间拥有亲密伴侣并比平时更多地呆在家里是网络虐待和性侵犯受害的保护因素。受访者的年龄、教育程度以及种族和民族与网络虐待或性侵犯的受害或实施增加无关。然而，女性报告的性侵犯行为增加的几率低于男性。这些发现增进了对社会混乱时期人际虐待和相关风险因素变化的理解。