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Vol.2 , No. 1, Publication Date: Mar. 13, 2015, Page: 1-8
 persists regardless of preventive efforts. Improved rates of IPV awareness and attitudes have not translated into less violence. Novel research and interventions are necessary to address this gap. This pilot study develops and validates a tool to measure implicit collusion with IPV at the macro societal level in an ecological framework. Using test-item construction techniques, the authors developed a preliminary measure of media consumers’ implicit collusion with fatal IPV perpetration reported in newspapers. The present experiment investigates whether the provision of various information influences collusion. The implicit collusion measurement tool was constructed using item analysis principles and techniques. A purposive sample was created using four sites in three states, and included a range of demographic characteristics including income, race, gender, and education. Analysis of covariance procedures and standard scaling techniques including Cronbach’s Alpha were used. Test-item construction demonstrated implicit collusion could be reliably measured in testing the effects of IPV news media “frames,” “labeling,” “extraneous information,” and “negative information.” When negative information was included about victims of fatal IPV (F(2,67) = 17.8, p < 0.001), research participants were significantly more likely to implicitly collude with the murderer. Implicit collusion with fatal IPV perpetration represents a potentially important construct heretofore not examined in the literature that can positively or negatively impact the public’s health. Provision of seemingly benign details of fatal IPV incidents in news accounts has a negative impact on media consumers by inducing implicit collusion with homicide.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/908.jpg)
| [1] | Lori Ann Post, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. |
| [2] | Amber N. W. Raile, Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. |
| [3] | April M. Zeoli, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. |
| [4] | Rae Taylor, Department of Criminal Justice, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA. |
| [5] | Patricia K. Smith, Injury & Violence Prevention Section, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, MI. |
| [6] | James D. Dziura, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. |
| [7] | Brian J. Biroscak, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT. |
Despite infusions of federal funding and legislation, intimate partner violence (IPV) persists regardless of preventive efforts. Improved rates of IPV awareness and attitudes have not translated into less violence. Novel research and interventions are necessary to address this gap. This pilot study develops and validates a tool to measure implicit collusion with IPV at the macro societal level in an ecological framework. Using test-item construction techniques, the authors developed a preliminary measure of media consumers’ implicit collusion with fatal IPV perpetration reported in newspapers. The present experiment investigates whether the provision of various information influences collusion. The implicit collusion measurement tool was constructed using item analysis principles and techniques. A purposive sample was created using four sites in three states, and included a range of demographic characteristics including income, race, gender, and education. Analysis of covariance procedures and standard scaling techniques including Cronbach’s Alpha were used. Test-item construction demonstrated implicit collusion could be reliably measured in testing the effects of IPV news media “frames,” “labeling,” “extraneous information,” and “negative information.” When negative information was included about victims of fatal IPV (F(2,67) = 17.8, p < 0.001), research participants were significantly more likely to implicitly collude with the murderer. Implicit collusion with fatal IPV perpetration represents a potentially important construct heretofore not examined in the literature that can positively or negatively impact the public’s health. Provision of seemingly benign details of fatal IPV incidents in news accounts has a negative impact on media consumers by inducing implicit collusion with homicide.
Keywords
Domestic Violence Homicide, Media Framing, Colluding with Murderers
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