Violence and aggression during the Isolation Period in Kosovo

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the life of the individual has changed a lot, starting from the spread of the virus, preventive measures; fear of the virus, and isolation, and this change has affected the lives of the individuals and their health. The purpose of this study is to identify the violence and the level of aggression of the Kosovar population during the period of isolation. The research was conducted through an online survey using the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ). The target population of the study is composed of people over 18 years of age and above. The research included the whole country where a total of 178 participants participated, 83 females and 95 males, with an average age of 25 years. Data analysis was performed through SPSS. According to the findings of the study, From Spearman correlation analysis, it results that isolated persons have a significant positive correlation of r = .75, between violence and aggression. According to the results, the degree of violence and aggression depends on total or partial isolation, the most common type of aggression was verbal aggression, then physical aggression, anger, and finally hostility. From the research results, we conclude that violence during isolation has led to increased aggression in the Kosovar population during the pandemic period. These results also lead to the interest of other researchers to look at other variables that may have influenced the results.