Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Conditions
Keywords
IPV
Brief summary
We propose an experimental design to empirically establish the potential link between the media portrayal of DV and changes in an individual's DV descriptive and injunctive social norms. Specifically, this study will measure the degree to which people implicitly collude with DV perpetration.
Detailed description
Aim 1: To determine the impact of media frames, labeling, and information inclusion on implicit collusion with a DV perpetrator. Hypotheses: Consumers exposed to media reports using thematic frames will be less likely to implicitly collude with perpetrators than those exposed to episodic frames. Consumers exposed to DVH news stories labeled as domestic violence will be less likely to implicitly collude with perpetrators than consumers exposed to news stories labeled as assault. Implicit collusion will correlate positively with the addition of non-relevant perpetrator humanizing characteristics. Consumers given negative information about the victim of DVH will be more likely to implicitly collude with the perpetrator than consumers given negative information about the perpetrator. Aim 2: To determine how media portrayals of domestic violence impact descriptive and injunctive norms about domestic violence and, ultimately, drive implicit collusion with perpetrators. Hypotheses: Controlling for individual pre-existing attitudes and social norms, consumers exposed to thematic frames or the label of DV will be less likely to shift their norms in a way that supports DV than those exposed to episodic frames or the label of assault. Consumers provided negative victim information or non-relevant characteristics that humanize the perpetrator will be more likely to shift their norms to accept DV. Exploratory Aim: To identify racial/ethnic, gender, age, and regional differences in DV social norms. Hypothesis: The media will differentially impact subpopulation DV attitudes, social norms and implicit collusion.
Interventions
OTHERCondition 1: Perpetrator Positive
Condition 1 frames the event as episodic, labels the event as domestic violence, uses a positive description of the perpetrator, and a negative description of the victim.
OTHERCondition 2: Perpetrator Negative
The condition 2 intervention/exposure frames the event as thematic, labels the event as assault, uses a neutral description of the perpetrator, and a negative description of the perpetrator.
OTHERCondition 3: Placebo
This intervention provides no details for the participant and is for comparison use in the study.
Sponsors
Yale University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Members of the public who are 18 years or older, who identify as White or African American or Hispanic.
Exclusion criteria
* Members of the public will be excluded if they are unable to read or understand English.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline on The Collusion Framing Subscale | The scale is administered at baseline and then following the sub experiment for a total of 2 times, 30 minutes apart. | The scale will be developed based on the changes from baseline. |
| Change from Baseline on The Collusion Labeling Subscale | The scale is administered at baseline and then following the sub experiment for a total of 2 times, 30 minutes apart. | The scale will be developed based on the changes from baseline. |
| Change from Baseline on The Collusion Extraneous Information Subscale | The scale is administered at baseline and then following the sub experiment for a total of 2 times, 30 minutes apart. | The scale will be developed based on the changes from baseline. |
| Change from Baseline on The Collusion Negative Characteristics Subscale | The scale is administered at baseline and then following the sub experiment for a total of 2 times, 30 minutes apart. | The scale will be developed based on the changes from baseline. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed