This is Psychology: Children, domestic violence, and the COVID carryover

Our Psychology Month series continues with a look at how the effects of COVID are still being felt by children in schools, particularly in rural settings where incidents of family violence remain elevated. Remember the COVID-19 pandemic? It wasn’t that long ago, but many of us have kind of memory-holed the entire traumatic experience. That said, just because we don’t think about it any more doesn’t mean that the effects aren’t still being felt today. For example, rates of gender-based violence, including femicide, remain elevated above pre-pandemic levels. This is particularly the case in rural communities, and is evident in the attitudes and behaviours of kids in schools. Strained Systems, Escalating Needs: Service Provider Perspectives on the Rural Landscape of Sexual- and Gender-based Violence in the Five-years post-COVID: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394321057_Strained_Systems_Escalating_Needs_Service_Provider_Perspectives_on_the_Rural_Landscape_of_Sexual-_and_Gender-based_Violence_in_the_Five-years_post-COVID Space, place, and the politics of access: Service provider perspectives on health system responses to sexual- and gender-based violence in rural communities: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829225001625 Family Transition Place: https://familytransitionplace.ca/