The focus of this blog is on women who are in violent intimate relationships and how the pandemic may add to the tactics commonly used by men who perpetrate this violence. While the impact of the pandemic on our overall mental health will not be known for a prolonged period of time, we are beginning to get a sense of how various issues are playing out in relation to COVID-19.
Arousing fear that they’re all going to die. Demanding absolute quiet during work hours. Refusing to allow partner to work outside the home. Endangering family by exposing them to COVID-19. However, here are a few highlights from the 8 tactics areas that stood out for me: I recommend you review the BWJP source above for a complete examination of the interrelationship between COVID-19 and intimate partner violence. In my search, I located this helpful resource put out by the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) examining COVID-19 TACTICS brought together through the Power and Control Wheel: I have been wondering over the past year how COVID-19 rates and stay-at-home orders, while necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, are directly contributing to reports of IPV. A gallery with many of the Wheels may be found here: Since its inception, the Power and Control Wheel has been released in multiple languages and expanded to be inclusive of diversity factors. Specifically, men who engage in these tactics within an intimate relationship are seeking power and control over their partner. While most intimate partner relationships may endorse the presence of an item or two from the list of behaviors under these 8 tactics, when physical and/or sexual violence takes place in a relationship it changes how these tactics play out. Each of these areas represent different tactics used by a perpetrator of IPV to achieve power and control over their partner, which makes up the innermost circle. The inner portion of the Wheel consists of 8 areas, like the spokes of a wheel. The outer circle of the Wheel represents the physical and sexual violence that occurs within relationships where there is intimate partner violence. Let’s take a moment to review the Wheel itself. Over the course of these interviews, they identified a list of universal, commonly identified abusive and controlling behaviors or tactics used by men who perpetrated IPV and these were placed on the Power and Control Wheel. As they were developing content for the treatments, the staff performed extensive interviews with women who had experienced IPV. They were working on developing two treatment program curriculums, one for men who perpetrate IPV and one for women who are abused within their intimate relationship. The original version of the Power and Control Wheel was developed in 1984 by a group of mental health advocates in Duluth, Minnesota. One tool that I have used for over 25 years in both clinical and teaching endeavors is the Power and Control Wheel. 
During the course of my study, I learned a great deal about different models and tools related to IPV. These same concerns and insights are relevant to examining IPV in the context of a worldwide pandemic.
Further, the signs of abuse themselves may also present differently. A key takeaway from my study was that women with physical disabilities who experience IPV face a number of additional barriers to seeking help, and getting appropriate immediate and long-term assistance. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy.” The focus of my doctoral dissertation was on IPV of women with physical disabilities and this blog will examine the dynamics present when men perpetrate intimate partner violence toward their female partners during a pandemic. According to the CDC (2021), intimate partner violence is defined as “physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. Repeatedly on the news and in academic journals, I’ve been seeing reports about and concerns regarding rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) as our world is dealing with the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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