Abuse and Discrimination Experienced by Older Women in the Era of COVID-19: A Two-Wave Representative Community Survey in Hong Kong

Although there is a growing volume of research on violence against women, violence against older women has received little attention to date. Little is known about the experience of elder abuse, discrimination, loneliness, and health among older women, in particular in the era of COVID-19 when our l...

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Published in:Violence against women 2022-06, Vol.28 (8), p.1750-1772
Main Authors: Yan, Elsie, Lai, Daniel W. L., Lee, Vincent W. P., Bai, Xue, K. L. Ng, Haze
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult abuse & neglect
Age discrimination
Aged
Associations
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Elder Abuse - psychology
Female
Gender-based violence
Health problems
Health status
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Loneliness
Mental health
Older people
Older women
Original s
Pandemics
Polls & surveys
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Violence against women
Women
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Summary:Although there is a growing volume of research on violence against women, violence against older women has received little attention to date. Little is known about the experience of elder abuse, discrimination, loneliness, and health among older women, in particular in the era of COVID-19 when our lives have been changed drastically. Using two waves of survey data (N = 1,498), this study compared the estimates of elder abuse and age discrimination before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, examined their associations with physical and mental health, and explored the mediating effects of loneliness on the associations in two independent samples of older women in Hong Kong. Reductions in some forms of abuse and discrimination against older women during the pandemic were observed. Findings from regression analyses show that elder abuse and age discrimination were associated with poorer health, and these associations were mediated by loneliness.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012221085998