Intimate partner violence during COVID-19 lockdown in Norway: the increase of police reports

Nesset, Merete Berg; Gudde, Camilla Buch; Mentzoni, Gro Elisabet; Palmstierna, Tom

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-12408-x

BMC Public Health

Table 3 B-SAFER risk and vulnerability factors before and during the COVID-19 lockdown

From: Intimate partner violence during COVID-19 lockdown in Norway: the increase of police reports

B-SAFER item	Before lockdown (Jan 2016—February 2020)			During lockdown (March—December 2020)
	Present	Total N of responses	%	Present	Total N of responses	%	P^b
Perpetrator risk factors
Violent acts, current	550	725	76	169	222	76	1.000
Violent acts, in the past	537	701	77	168	207	81	0.184
Violent threats or thoughts, current	294	697	42	91	190	48	0.563
Violent threats or thoughts, in the past	311	616	50	72	175	41	0.032
Escalation, current	315	673	47	113	197	57	0.010
Escalation, in the past	250	634	39	94	183	51	0.005
Violation of court orders, current	58	726	8	18	226	8	1.000
Violation of court orders, in the past	51	723	7	10	225	4	0.212
Violent attitudes, current	396	578	69	107	165	65	0.396
Violent attitudes, in the past	276	497	56	68	132	52	0.432
Psychosocial adjustment
General criminality, current	215	724	30	80	226	35	0.118
General criminality, in the past	467	721	65	153	223	69	0.333
Intimate relationship problems, current	450	619	73	152	184	83	0.007
Intimate relationship problems, in the past^a	356	570	62	140	175	80	0.000
Employment problems, current	261	602	43	90	182	49	0.149
Employment problems, in the past	205	549	37	74	171	43	0.178
Substance use problems, current	308	582	53	112	185	61	0.075
Substance use problems, in the past	328	584	56	120	187	64	0.610
Mental health problems, current	238	409	58	88	130	68	0.640
Mental health problems, in the past	212	381	56	85	130	65	0.064
Victim vulnerability factors
Inconsistent behavior/ attitude, current	383	701	55	129	211	61	0.097
Extreme fear, current	251	642	39	91	196	46	0.690
Inadequate access to resources, current	188	615	31	69	191	36	0.156
Unsafe living situation, current^a	384	649	59	161	220	73	0.000
Personal problems, current^a	332	603	55	139	204	68	0.001

^aSignificant with α < 5% with Bonferroni correction
^bTwo-sided Fischer’s exact test

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