Thematic content analysis of lockdown and domestic violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science
; 12(2):370-375, 2023.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2302306
ABSTRACT
South Africa has been battling the scourge of the COVID-19 Pandemic which has negatively affected many individuals and families. The South African government imposed a national lockdown to mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the lockdown also brought more challenges such as increased violence cases. Against this background, this study sought to analyse the COVID-19 lockdown and domestic violence in South Africa. A non-empirical research design was used where documents from search engines such as Google scholar, EBSCOhost and ProQuest were sampled and reviewed using keywords and phrases related to COVID-19, lockdown and domestic violence to filter relevant data, restricted to 2002-2022. The inductive Thematic Content Analysis (TCA) was used to analyze the collected data. Findings reveal that the South African Lockdown has contributed to the rise of domestic violence cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results further indicate that victims of domestic violence face psychosocial challenges due to domestic violence. Programs that are aimed at creating awareness and empowering victims of domestic violence are recommended by this study. It is further recommended that policies protecting citizens against domestic violence be reviewed and strengthened.
Social Sciences: Comprehensive Works; Victims of crime; Domestic violence; Pandemics; Mental disorders; Research design; Medical research; Content analysis; Researchers; Apartheid; Victimization; Data collection; Literature reviews; Mental health; Coronaviruses; Lifestyles; Disease transmission; COVID-19; South Africa
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Databases of international organizations
Database:
ProQuest Central
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Language:
English
Journal:
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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