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040			_aAFVC
100			_aGregory, Alison _96610
245			_a‘I think it just made everything very much more intense’ : _ba qualitative secondary analysis exploring the role of friends and family providing support to survivors of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic _cAlison Gregory and Emma Williamson
260			_bSpringer, _c2021
500			_aJournal of Family Violence, 2021, Advance online publication, 26 June 2021
520			_aThe COVID-19 pandemic, and associated social restrictions, have amplified women's experiences of domestic abuse (DA). In usual times, female DA survivors reach out to those around them (friends, family members, neighbors, and colleagues) for support. Accessing of both professional and informal support by survivors has increased during the pandemic. Informal supporters are often deeply invested and immersed in situations of DA because of the closeness of relationships. The accounts of informal supporters are rarely sought, yet these are people who may have a considerable awareness of what is happening. The aim of this study was to explore how the pandemic had impacted people's assessment of abusive situations and their ability to provide informal support. This paper reports a secondary analysis of qualitative data collected in 2020 in England. The data were gathered in 18 in-depth interviews with people who knew a female friend, relative, neighbor, or colleague who had experienced DA. The age range of participants was 25-69 years, three were men and fifteen were women. A reflexive thematic analysis was carried out. Findings indicated: (i) the pandemic had changed people's ability to read situations and assess risk (ii) perpetrators were exploiting the pandemic to further abuse (iii) within the context of the pandemic there was additional challenge to offering support (iv) informal supporters found creative ways to remain in-touch and to continue offering support. Further research with informal supporters is needed to ascertain how best to support and equip people, without imposing an impossible burden. (Authors' abstract). Record #7225
650			_aCOVID-19 _98949
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650		0	_96720 _aINFORMAL SUPPORTERS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aPANDEMICS _98950
650			_aPERPETRATORS _92644
650		4	_aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9624
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aUNITED KINGDOM _92604
651			_aENGLAND _92636
700			_aWilliamson, Emma _94047
773	0		_tJournal of Family Violence, 2021, Advance online publication, 26 June 2021
830			_aJournal of Family Violence _94619
856			_yPMC Open access _uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8236317/
856			_uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00292-3 _zDOI: 10.1007%2Fs10896-021-00292-3
942			_2lcc _cARTICLE